CVE-2009-5065
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0013)
- Published
- April 11, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0013 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
- mark pilgrim / feedparser
References
- http://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=195(Exploit, Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44074(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5065.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47177
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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