The CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.7.5 and 3.3.4 does not properly handle URLs in which URL encoding is used for path separators, which allows remote attackers to read script source code or conduct directory traversal attacks and execute unintended code via a crafted character sequence, as demonstrated by a %2f separator.
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.12994}

epss

{'score': 0.10304}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-02-20T16:01:22

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:20:26.719Z

Reserved: 2014-06-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4650

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-20T17:15:12.493

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:10:38.423

Link: CVE-2014-4650

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4650 - Bugzilla