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CVE-2019-16935

python: XSS vulnerability in the documentation XML-RPC server in server_title field

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

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

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS: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