An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-18T15:15:39.190Z
Reserved: 2018-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-19787
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:44:20.323Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-02T10:29:00.227
Modified: 2025-12-18T16:15:46.953
Link: CVE-2018-19787
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