PYSEC-2011-21

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    PYSEC-2011-21

    Published: 11 Apr 2011Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unexpected URI scheme, as demonstrated by a javascript: URI.

    References: https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=255, http://secunia.com/advisories/44074, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/43730, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/18, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877, http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1158.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/11, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4m72-rmm9-2qjr

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: feedparser

    Purl: pkg:pypi/feedparser

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.1

    Affected versions

    4.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High