UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16935 (CVE-2019-16935)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-09-28 02:15 – Updated: 2026-10-08 16:32 – Source website
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Details

The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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)
low
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16935",
  "modified": "2026-10-08T16:32:22Z",
  "published": "2019-09-28T02:15:00Z",
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    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
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    "CVE-2019-16935"
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}



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