Cross-site scripting in feedparser - CVE-2009-5065
Published: April 11, 2011 / Updated: May 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45134
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5065
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
feedparser
Fedora
python-djblets
python-feedparser
Fedora
python-djblets
python-feedparser
How to mitigate CVE-2009-5065
Install update from vendor's website.
feedparser - update to 5.0
python-djblets - addressed in versions 0.6.10-2.el5, 0.6.22-2.el6
python-feedparser - addressed in versions 5.0.1-1.el5, 5.0.1-1.el6
python-djblets - addressed in versions 0.6.10-2.el5, 0.6.22-2.el6
python-feedparser - addressed in versions 5.0.1-1.el5, 5.0.1-1.el6
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44074
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877