ubuntu-cve-2024-52595
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
lxml_html_clean is a project for HTML cleaning functionalities copied from lxml.html.clean. Prior to version 0.4.0, the HTML Parser in lxml does not properly handle context-switching for special HTML tags such as <svg>, <math> and <noscript>. This behavior deviates from how web browsers parse and interpret such tags. Specifically, content in CSS comments is ignored by lxml_html_clean but may be interpreted differently by web browsers, enabling malicious scripts to bypass the cleaning process. This vulnerability could lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, compromising the security of users relying on lxml_html_clean in default configuration for sanitizing untrusted HTML content. Users employing the HTML cleaner in a security-sensitive context should upgrade to lxml 0.4.0, which addresses this issue. As a temporary mitigation, users can configure lxml_html_clean with the following settings to prevent the exploitation of this vulnerability. Via remove_tags, one may specify tags to remove - their content is moved to their parents' tags. Via kill_tags, one may specify tags to be removed completely. Via allow_tags, one may restrict the set of permissible tags, excluding context-switching tags like <svg>, <math> and <noscript>.
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "python3-lxml-html-clean",
"binary_version": "0.1.1-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "lxml-html-clean",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxml-html-clean@0.1.1-1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.1.0-0ubuntu1",
"0.1.1-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "python3-lxml-html-clean",
"binary_version": "0.4.2-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "lxml-html-clean",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxml-html-clean@0.4.2-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.4.1-1",
"0.4.2-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "python3-lxml-html-clean",
"binary_version": "0.4.4-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "lxml-html-clean",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxml-html-clean@0.4.4-1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.4.2-1",
"0.4.3-1",
"0.4.4-1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "lxml_html_clean is a project for HTML cleaning functionalities copied from `lxml.html.clean`. Prior to version 0.4.0, the HTML Parser in lxml does not properly handle context-switching for special HTML tags such as `\u003csvg\u003e`, `\u003cmath\u003e` and `\u003cnoscript\u003e`. This behavior deviates from how web browsers parse and interpret such tags. Specifically, content in CSS comments is ignored by lxml_html_clean but may be interpreted differently by web browsers, enabling malicious scripts to bypass the cleaning process. This vulnerability could lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, compromising the security of users relying on lxml_html_clean in default configuration for sanitizing untrusted HTML content. Users employing the HTML cleaner in a security-sensitive context should upgrade to lxml 0.4.0, which addresses this issue. As a temporary mitigation, users can configure lxml_html_clean with the following settings to prevent the exploitation of this vulnerability. Via `remove_tags`, one may specify tags to remove - their content is moved to their parents\u0027 tags. Via `kill_tags`, one may specify tags to be removed completely. Via `allow_tags`, one may restrict the set of permissible tags, excluding context-switching tags like `\u003csvg\u003e`, `\u003cmath\u003e` and `\u003cnoscript\u003e`.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52595",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:14:06Z",
"published": "2024-11-19T22:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-52595"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52595"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/security/advisories/GHSA-5jfw-gq64-q45f"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/pull/19"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/commit/c5d816f86eb3707d72a8ecf5f3823e0daa1b3808"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2024-52595"
]
}
Sightings
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