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PyPi: Whispers

CVE-2020-27783

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Safety vulnerability ID: 39466

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Created at Dec 03, 2020 Updated at Nov 29, 2024
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Advisory

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Affected package

whispers

Latest version: 2.4.0

Identify secrets in static structured text

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

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Vulnerability changelog

A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 6.1

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 6.1
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
LOW
Integrity Impact (I)
LOW
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE