CVE-2014-3146 (GCVE-0-2014-3146)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-14 19:00 – Updated: 2025-12-17 21:03
VLAI?
Summary
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the lxml.html.clean module in lxml before 3.3.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via control characters in the link scheme to the clean_html function.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2217-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lx… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/58744 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0218.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67159 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/58013 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/210 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/59008 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/319 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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