Vulnerability CVE-2009-5065
Published: 2011-04-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving nested CDATA stanzas.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mark pilgrim -> Feedparser 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44074
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
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