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.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1026-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41160
http://secunia.com/advisories/42500
http://pylonshq.com/articles/archives/2010/6/paste_174_released_addresses_xss_security_hole
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127792576822169&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127785414818815&w=2
http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss/msg/8c256dc076a408d8?dmode=source&output=gplain
http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/3b3fff3dadd0b1e5?pli=1
Published: 2010-11-06
Updated: 2025-04-11
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.0052