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    CVE-2018-19787

    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.

    Published:Sep 9, 2018
    Last Modified:Dec 18, 2025
    EPS:Dec 2, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00342
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

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    Canonical
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    Ubuntu Linux
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    Debian
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    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Lxml
    Product
    Lxml

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