CVE-2019-16935
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 2.5%python2.7 - security update
Published: 9/28/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-16935DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16935
Description
The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.
Affected packages (6)
- Alpine/python2from 0, < 2.7.16-r3
- Alpine/python3from 0, < 3.7.5-r0
- Debian/jythonfrom 0
- Debian/pypyfrom 0, < 7.3.2+dfsg-1
- Debian/python2.7from 0, < 2.7.17~rc1-1
- Debian/python2.7from 0, < 2.7.13-2+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |