PYSEC-2024-160
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2024-11-19 22:15 - Updated: 2025-01-14 05:22lxml_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>.
| Name | purl | lxml-html-clean | pkg:pypi/lxml-html-clean |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "lxml-html-clean",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/lxml-html-clean"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "c5d816f86eb3707d72a8ecf5f3823e0daa1b3808"
}
],
"repo": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean",
"type": "GIT"
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.4.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.1.0",
"0.1.1",
"0.2.0",
"0.2.1",
"0.2.2",
"0.3.0",
"0.3.1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-52595",
"GHSA-5jfw-gq64-q45f"
],
"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": "PYSEC-2024-160",
"modified": "2025-01-14T05:22:17.244267+00:00",
"published": "2024-11-19T22:15:21+00:00",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/security/advisories/GHSA-5jfw-gq64-q45f"
},
{
"type": "FIX",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/commit/c5d816f86eb3707d72a8ecf5f3823e0daa1b3808"
},
{
"type": "FIX",
"url": "https://github.com/fedora-python/lxml_html_clean/pull/19"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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