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ubuntu-cve-2014-3146

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-05-14 00:00

Modified

2025-12-19 16:49

Summary

Details

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the lxml.html.clean module in lxml before 3.3.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via control characters in the link scheme to the clean_html function.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3146	REPORT
	http://lxml.de/3.3/changes-3.3.5.html	REPORT
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/210	REPORT
	https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lx…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/7	REPORT
	http://secunia.com/advisories/58013	REPORT
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/319	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2217-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3146	REPORT

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CVE-2014-3146 (GCVE-0-2014-3146)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-14 19:00 – Updated: 2025-12-17 21:03

Summary

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

redhat

References

14 references

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2217-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lx…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/58744	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0218.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67159	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/58013	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/210	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/59008	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/319	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Date Public

2014-04-15 00:00

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usn-2217-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-05-21 15:23

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

lxml vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that the lxml.html.clean module incorrectly stripped control characters. An attacked could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2217-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3146	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-3146

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-3146 (GCVE-0-2014-3146)

usn-2217-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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Sightings

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