FKIE_CVE-2009-5065

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-11 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:14
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44074Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/44074Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mark_pilgrim feedparser *
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.2
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.3
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.2
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