CVE-2011-1157
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.61%feedparser Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Published: 7/23/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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 malformed XML comments.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/feedparserfrom 0, < 5.0.1-1
- PyPI/feedparser>= 5.0, < 5.0.1
- PyPI/feedparserfrom 0, < 5.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (18)
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43730
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44074
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p78-8hh6-96xc
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1157
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1157
- ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
- PATCHhttps://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
- WEBhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/18
- WEBhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/11
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877
- WEBhttps://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=254
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/feedparser/PYSEC-2011-20.yaml
- WEBhttp://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1157.html
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210121212051/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240723030532/https://tuxedo.org/mandriva/?name=MDVSA-2011:082
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867