Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2011-4940

N/A Published on 2012-06-27

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.

EPSS 3.21% above median percentile 87.0%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Python 3.12 Windows winget:Python.Python.3.12

Affected — Fixed in — Latest tracked 3.12.10 undetermined

Vulnerable CPE configurations (39)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≤2.5.6	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.0:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:0.9.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.5.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:1.6.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.0.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.1.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.4:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.5:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.7:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.4:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.6:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.4:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.2:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.3:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.4:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.5:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.6.6:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1:::::::*
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1:rc1::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.2:rc1::::::

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