CVE-2020-27783 (GCVE-0-2020-27783)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-03 16:39
Modified
2025-12-17 21:02
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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.
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Version: lxml-4.6.2 |
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