PyPi: Feedparser

CVE-2009-5065

Safety vulnerability ID: 25815

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Created at Apr 11, 2011 Updated at Mar 29, 2024
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Advisory

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving nested CDATA stanzas.

Affected package

feedparser

Latest version: 6.0.11

Universal feed parser, handles RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, CDF, Atom 0.3, and Atom 1.0 feeds

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving nested CDATA stanzas.

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 4.3

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE