CVE-2016-9910

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7Patch
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12Vendor Advisory
https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7Patch
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12Vendor Advisory
https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9Release Notes

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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