# CVE-2020-6816: In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argume

- Also known as: GHSA-M6XF-FQ7Q-8743, PYSEC-2020-28
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.2
- Published: 2020-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Mozilla Bleach: through 3.11
- bleach (PyPI): fixed in 3.1.2

## Description

In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argument strip=False.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Mozilla Bleach, bleach, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/security/advisories/GHSA-m6xf-fq7q-8743
- https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-discovered-in-mozilla-bleach
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDQU2SZLZMSSACCBUBJ6NOSRNNBDYFW5/
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4277

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