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mailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 18, 2023

Package

pip mailman (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.1.5

Patched versions

2.1.5

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the driver script in mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL, which is not properly escaped in the resulting error page.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 10, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Sep 18, 2023
Reviewed Sep 18, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(81st percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2004-1177

GHSA ID

GHSA-rh6c-jh4c-9fg3

Source code

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