What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3146?

CVE-2014-3146 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 4.3%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2014-3146?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2014-3146. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 4.3%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3146?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2014-3146. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Lxml CVE-2014-3146

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2014-05-14 secalert@redhat.com

XSS Lxml

6.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 14, 2014 - 19:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

2 pypi packages depend on lxml (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.3.5.

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the lxml.html.clean module in lxml before 3.3.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via control characters in the link scheme. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the lxml.html.clean module in lxml before 3.3.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via control characters in the link scheme to the clean_html function. Affected products include: Lxml. Version information: before 3.3.5.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.