ParzivalHack PySpector up to 0.1.6 HTML Report eval HTML injection

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ParzivalHack PySpector up to 0.1.6. The impacted element is the function eval of the component HTML Report Handler. The manipulation leads to HTML injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-33140. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in ParzivalHack PySpector up to 0.1.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function eval of the component HTML Report Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

PySpector is a static analysis security testing (SAST) Framework engineered for modern Python development workflows. PySpector versions 0.1.6 and prior are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML report generator. When PySpector scans a Python file containing JavaScript payloads (i.e. inside a string passed to eval() ), the flagged code snippet is interpolated into the HTML report without sanitization. Opening the generated report in a browser causes the embedded JavaScript to execute in the browser's local file context. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-33140 since 03/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.1.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• ParzivalHack

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• PySpector

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6

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• Product: https://github.com/ParzivalHack/PySpector/

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