VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-16935
CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-28
Last modified2026-10-07
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org