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CVE-2014-125108: w3c online-spellchecker-py spellchecker cross site scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability was found in w3c online-spellchecker-py up to 20140130. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file spellchecker. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The identifier of the patch is d6c21fd8187c5db2a50425ff80694149e75d722e. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-248849 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• w3c online-spellchecker-py: before 2014-01-31 — fixed in 2014-01-31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: w3c online-spellchecker-py 2014-01-31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/w3c/online-spellchecker-py/commit/d6c21fd8187c5db2a50425ff80694149e75d722e
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248849
• https://vuldb.com/?id.248849
• https://github.com/w3c/online-spellchecker-py/commit/d6c21fd8187c5db2a50425ff80694149e75d722e
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248849
• https://vuldb.com/?id.248849

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