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CVE-2020-27783

MEDIUM
6.1CVSS
Published: 2020-12-03
Updated: 2025-12-17
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Description

A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-79CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor
LXML
Published
12/3/2020
Last Modified
12/17/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

lxml : lxmlredhat : software_collectionsredhat : enterprise_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoranetapp : snapcenteroracle : communications_offline_mediation_controlleroracle : zfs_storage_appliance_kit

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