CVE-2011-1158

Mark Pilgrim Feedparser < 5.0.1 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unexpected URI scheme, as demonstrated by a javascript: URI.

References (11)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html

[Patch] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/18

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43730

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/44074

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1158.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082

[Patch] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074

[Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877

[Issue Tracking] https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=255

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/11

Scores

EPSS 0.0062

EPSS Percentile 69.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (3)

mark_pilgrim/feedparser

pypi/feedparser < 5.0.1PyPI

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Apr 11, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026