5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
2.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.1%
Python is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118265");
script_version("2023-07-05T05:06:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-05 05:06:18 +0000 (Wed, 05 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-01 11:45:13 +0100 (Mon, 01 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4940");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Python < 2.5.6, 2.6.x < 2.6.7, 2.7.x < 2.7.2, 3.2.x < 3.2.4, 3.3.x < 3.3.1 SimpleHTTPServer UTF-7 (bpo-11442) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in
SimpleHTTPServer does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which
makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via
UTF-7 encoding.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python prior to version 2.5.6, versions 2.6.x prior to 2.6.7,
2.7.x prior to 2.7.2, 3.2.x prior to 3.2.4 and 3.3.x prior to 3.3.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.5.6, 2.6.7, 2.7.2, 3.2.4, 3.3.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/simplehttpserver-utf-7.html");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"bpo-11442");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE, version_regex:"^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"2.5.6" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2.5.6", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"2.6.0", test_version2:"2.6.6" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2.6.7", install_path:location);
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"2.7.0", test_version2:"2.7.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2.7.2", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.2.0", test_version2:"3.2.3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.2.4", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_is_greater_equal( version:version, test_version:"3.3.0" ) &&
version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"3.3.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.3.1", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );