CVE-2019-16935
python: XSS vulnerability in the documentation XML-RPC server in server_title field
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 21, 2019
Updated · November 2, 2026
Description
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Python XML-RPC server. The server_title field is not sufficiently sanitized allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected. Successful exploitation would allow a remote attacker to execute JavaScript code within the context of the affected user.
Statement
This flaw does not affect the versions of python27-python as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections 3 as they already include the fix. This flaw does not affect the versions of python36:3.6/python36 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they are "symlinks" to the main python3 component, which provides the actual interpreter of the Python programming language.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation