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CVE-2009-5065 is an XSS flaw in Universal Feed Parser before 5.0. A malicious feed could cause script or HTML to reach users if an application parses that feed and renders the result in a browser. Exposure is most likely in web applications that use python-feedparser to ingest untrusted feeds and display parsed feed content to users. Library presence alone is not enough; rendering context and downstream sanitization determine practical risk. Treat as moderate unless a business-critical app renders untrusted feeds to authenticated users or administrators. Prioritize legacy dependency cleanup and validation of any public feed-ingestion workflows. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Universal Feed Parser/python-feedparser to 5.0 or a vendor-fixed package.; Check Red Hat, openSUSE, Novell, or Mandriva guidance if using distribution packages.; Sanitize or encode feed-derived HTML before rendering it in web pages..
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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