PYSEC-2010-29

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    PYSEC-2010-29

    Published: 6 Nov 2010Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://pylonshq.com/articles/archives/2010/6/paste_174_released_addresses_xss_security_hole, http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss/msg/8c256dc076a408d8?dmode=source&output=gplain, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127792576822169&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127785414818815&w=2, http://bitbucket.org/ianb/paste/changeset/fcae59df8b56, http://secunia.com/advisories/42500, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41160, http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/3b3fff3dadd0b1e5?pli=1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1026-1, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gfc-2v6g-6w9f

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: paste

    Purl: pkg:pypi/paste

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.4

    Affected versions

    0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2010-29 | CVE-DB