CVE-2011-1015
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
The is_cgi method in CGIHTTPServer.py in the CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.5, 2.6, and 3.0 allows remote attackers to read script source code via an HTTP GET request that lacks a / (slash) character at the beginning of the URI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1032)
- Published
- May 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1032 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python / python
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2254(Exploit, Patch)
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c6c4398293bd/(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/27(Exploit, Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/10(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025489
- http://svn.python.org/view?view=revision&revision=71303(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46541
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680094(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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