| Name | CVE-2018-19787 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2467-1, ELA-323-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| lxml (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.4.0-1+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.7.1-1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.3.2-1+deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 4.6.3+dfsg-0.1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.9.2-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 5.3.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lxml | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| lxml | source | jessie | 3.4.0-1+deb8u2 | ELA-323-1 | ||
| lxml | source | stretch | 3.7.1-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2467-1 | ||
| lxml | source | (unstable) | 4.2.5-1 |
Fixed by: https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/6be1d081b49c97cfd7b3fbd934a193b668629109 (lxml-4.2.5)