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Medium severity · published May 14, 2014
CVE-2014-3146
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…
6.1
CVSS
6.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS 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 interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LX
Lxml · Lxml
through 3.3.4; 0.5; 0.5.1; 0.6; 0.7; 0.8; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
LX
Lxml
Lxml
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3146
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3146
advisories.mageia.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0218.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00083.html
lxml.de
http://lxml.de/3.3/changes-3.3.5.html
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/210
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/319
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58013
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