CVE-2009-5065

Advisory

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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5065
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
• http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877
• http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082