CVE-2009-5065
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving nested CDATA stanzas.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- python-feedparser 5.0 - '/feedparser/feedparser.py' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35570remote, multiplepublished 5 Apr 2011Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIfeedparserGHSA-3mwg-gp5g-fv3q (opens in a new tab)
References
References8
- 47177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [opensuse-updates] 20110408 openSUSE-SU-2011:0314-1 (moderate): python-feedparser security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2011-0013 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3mwg-gp5g-fv3q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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