CVE-2020-27783

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.9%, top 11% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EG Risk
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EPSS
89.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 3, 2020

Last Modified

December 17, 2025

References (16)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-27783(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3-lxml (3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3) @ xenial2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntupython3-lxml (4.5.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatrh-python38-python-urllib3-0:1.25.7-7.el72021-08-24redhat
redhatpython27:2.7-8040020210122160212.cdb2db542021-05-18redhat
redhatpython38:3.8-8040020210128125034.b1b639b62021-05-18redhat
redhatpython-lxml-0:4.2.3-2.el82021-05-18redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
lxml1.2 ... 4.6.1 (131 versions)4.6.2—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-27783?
CVE-2020-27783 is a medium vulnerability published on December 3, 2020. A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.
When was CVE-2020-27783 disclosed?
CVE-2020-27783 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 3, 2020, with the most recent update on December 17, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-27783 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-27783 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 89.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-27783?
CVE-2020-27783 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-27783?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-27783, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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