VDB
CVE-2016-9909
CVE-2016-9909
PUBLISHED
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.
EPSS 0.46% · 64.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.46%
64.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | html5lib | 0, 0.999-3build1, 0.999-4 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12 (circl)
- https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161206 CVE Request: html5lib: potential cross-site scripting vulnerablity: quote attributes that need escaping in legacy browsers (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161208 Re: CVE Request: html5lib: potential cross-site scripting vulnerablity: quote attributes that need escaping in legacy browsers (circl)
- 95132 (circl)
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7 (circl)
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11 (circl)
Timeline
- Feb 22, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9909 third-party-advisory
- https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-scripting-xss-/python/sid-3068 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9909 third-party-advisory