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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-9910
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers...
Vulnerability Description
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12
- https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11
Affected Vendor
html5lib
View all reports →Affected Software
html5lib
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 22nd, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.