ubuntu-cve-2020-6816
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-03-24 22:15
Modified
2026-03-06 17:09
Summary
Details

In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argument strip=False.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argument strip=False.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6816",
  "modified": "2026-03-06T17:09:44Z",
  "published": "2020-03-24T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6816"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621692"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/security/advisories/GHSA-m6xf-fq7q-8743"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8077-1"
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  "related": [
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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    }
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  ]
}



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