CVE-2019-16935
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 4.7%
The documentation XML-RPC server in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4 has XSS via the server_title field. This occurs in Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py in Python 2.x, and in Lib/xmlrpc/server.py in Python 3.x. If set_server_title is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - EPSS
- 4.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile
- Published
- 2019-09-28
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00063.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- python/cpython/pull/16373
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00015.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0004
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-2
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html