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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-02T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:44:20.323Z

Reserved: 2018-12-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-19787

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-02T10:29:00.227

Modified: 2020-11-26T21:15:09.973

Link: CVE-2018-19787

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19787 - Bugzilla