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CVE-2011-4940

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/06/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.60 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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