#36733: Fix unescaped attributes in Stylesheet.__str__
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     Reporter:  Baptiste Mispelon    |                    Owner:  (none)
         Type:  Bug                  |                   Status:  new
    Component:  contrib.syndication  |                  Version:  5.2
     Severity:  Release blocker      |               Resolution:
     Keywords:                       |             Triage Stage:  Accepted
    Has patch:  0                    |      Needs documentation:  0
  Needs tests:  0                    |  Patch needs improvement:  0
Easy pickings:  0                    |                    UI/UX:  0
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Changes (by Jacob Walls):

 * severity:  Normal => Release blocker
 * stage:  Unreviewed => Accepted
 * summary:  Fix unescape attributes in Stylesheet.__str__ => Fix unescaped
     attributes in Stylesheet.__str__


Old description:

> ,,This was originally reported by Mustafa Barakat as a security issue but
> was deemed low-risk enough to be tracked publicly.,,
>
> The `django.utils.feedgenerator.Stylesheet` class (introduced in #12978)
> has a `__str__` method which is used when outputting a `<?xml-stylesheet
> ... ?>`. The method uses f-strings with three different attributes:
> `url`, `mimetype`, and `media`.
>
> However these attributes are not escaped, which could potentially lead to
> invalid markup if any of those attributes were to contain a quote for
> example.
>
> Escaping using Django's `escape` (or even `format_html`) should work even
> though those functions are meant for HTML and not XML.

New description:

 ,,This was originally reported by Mustafa Barakat as a potential security
 issue but no vulnerability was identified, hence tracking this publicly,,

 The `django.utils.feedgenerator.Stylesheet` class (introduced in #12978)
 has a `__str__` method which is used when outputting a `<?xml-stylesheet
 ... ?>`. The method uses f-strings with three different attributes: `url`,
 `mimetype`, and `media`.

 However these attributes are not escaped, which could potentially lead to
 invalid markup if any of those attributes were to contain a quote for
 example.

 Escaping using Django's `escape` (or even `format_html`) should work even
 though those functions are meant for HTML and not XML.

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