CVE-2014-4650

python: CGIHTTPServer module does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs

Published Feb 20, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 23.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2653-1 Python vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.12994}

epss

{'score': 0.10304}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:20 AM
Reserved
Jun 25, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 20, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 23, 2014, 12:00 AM