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CVE-2020-27783 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - lxml-4.5.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Powerful and Pythonic XML processing library combining libxml2/libxslt with the ElementTree API.
Library home page: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/de/3c/fa420469c0d4f62ae39f19ee6505f90d00ae469f6264f4f54e61ed9d9a2c/lxml-4.5.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Path to dependency file: /python/spec/fixtures/projects/unresolvable/requirements.txt
Path to vulnerable library: /python/spec/fixtures/projects/unresolvable/requirements.txt
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **lxml-4.5.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: ba8cd9078c8ce0cb202767d627706711237abf71
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.
Publish Date: 2020-12-03
URL: CVE-2020-27783
CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Changed - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633
Release Date: 2020-12-03
Fix Resolution: 4.6.1
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