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CVE-2011-4940

N/A

Published: June 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPython

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Python · Python

95%

v ≤ 2.5.60.9.0 0.9.1 1.2 1.3 1.5.2 1.6 1.6.1 2.0.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5 2.3.7 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.6 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3 2.5.4 2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.6.4 2.6.5 2.6.6 2.7.1 2.7.1 rc1 2.7.2 rc1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (12)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://bugs.python.org/issue11442

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVN

Source: [email protected]

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN51176027/index.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB

Source: [email protected]

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000063

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/50858

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/51024

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/51040

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54083

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1

CVSS

2.6LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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