CVE-2018-19787
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.
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affected products (25)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1086IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-05-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, einen Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriff durchzuführen oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff auszuführen.
- GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2pImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in LXML2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.
- PYSEC-2018-122018-12-02vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.
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references (19)
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- https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/6be1d081b49c97cfd7b3fbd934a193b668629109cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00044.htmlcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3841-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3841-2/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4203/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.1052cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.1173cnnvd
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