CVE-2011-4940

Python < 2.5.6 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (12)

Scores

EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.6%

Classification

CWE
CWE-79
Status published

Affected Products (40)

python/python
python/python < 2.5.6
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
python/python
... and 25 more

Timeline

Published Jun 27, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026