DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19787

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2018-19787
Downstream
DLA-2467-1
Published: 02 Dec 2018, 10:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Dec 2018, 10:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•lxml

    < 4.2.5-1 | < 4.2.5-1 | < 4.2.5-1 | < 4.2.5-1

References (1)