vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-19787): lxml vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 2, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 2, 2018
Added
Dec 21, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-python-lxmlubuntu-upgrade-python3-lxml
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