2024-11-25
This article describes a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-52595) in
Vulnerability Details
Platform: lxml (HTML cleaning functionality)
Version: Before 0.4.0
Vulnerability: Improper context handling for special HTML tags (SVG, Math, Noscript)
Severity: Critical (CVSS score likely high)
Date: November 19, 2024 (published), November 25, 2024 (last modified)
Mitigation
Upgrade to lxml version 0.4.0 (fixes the issue)
Configure lxml_html_clean with:
`remove_tags` to remove specific tags
`kill_tags` to completely remove tags
`allow_tags` to restrict allowed tags (excluding SVG, Math, Noscript)
What Undercode Says:
This vulnerability highlights the importance of keeping software libraries updated, especially those used for security-sensitive tasks like sanitizing untrusted data. Users of lxml_html_clean should upgrade or implement the provided temporary mitigations as soon as possible.
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Reported By: Nvd.nist.gov
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