CVE-2011-4940
EPSS 0.18%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-4940
To remediate CVE-2011-4940, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/python2.7—upgrade to 2.7.2-8 or later
Is CVE-2011-4940 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.2-8