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CVE-2020-6816

Published: Mar 24, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
NVD MITRE
6.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 33.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argument strip=False.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Mozilla Bleachn/a
bleachmozilla
On-prem
Consumer Software / browser
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
bleachPyPIOSS Libraries
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/security/advisories/GHSA-m6xf-fq7q-8743
github.com
https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mozilla-bleach
checkmarx.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDQU2SZLZMSSACCBUBJ6NOSRNNBDYFW5/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Mar 24, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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