GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-v9v9-xffq-rwr4 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in html5lib

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-09-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-9909
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
html5lib
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2022-07-06

Affected packages

• PyPI html5lib: < 0.999999999 → fixed in 0.999999999

Description

The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-9909 The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References