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CVE-2010-2477: Paste is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via vectors involving a 404 status code

May 17, 2022 (updated October 9, 2024)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the paste.httpexceptions implementation in Paste before 1.7.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a 404 status code, related to (1) paste.urlparser.StaticURLParser, (2) paste.urlparser.PkgResourcesParser, (3) paste.urlmap.URLMap, and (4) HTTPNotFound.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gfc-2v6g-6w9f
  • github.com/cdent/paste
  • github.com/cdent/paste/commit/4910493c62f369a3222357af09450930e4c93f5e
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/paste/PYSEC-2010-29.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2477
  • web.archive.org/web/20111227133546/http://secunia.com/advisories/42500
  • web.archive.org/web/20120527154041/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41160

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.7.4

Fixed versions

  • 1.7.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.7.4 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/paste/CVE-2010-2477.yml

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