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CVE-2011-0707 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject ar…

published 2011-02-22 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0722

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cgi/confirm.py in GNU Mailman 2.1.14 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) full name or (2) username field in a confirmation message.

Patch / fix

  • mailman RHEL 6 3:2.1.12-14.el6_0.2
  • mailman RHEL 4 3:2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.7
  • mailman RHEL 5 3:2.1.9-6.el5_6.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0308RHSA-2011:0307

  • mailman openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.23-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10215-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0707 updated cvss 3.5

Mailman: Three XSS flaws due improper escaping of the full name of the member

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) mailman 2.1.9-6.el5_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0307
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) mailman 2.1.12-14.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) mailman 2.1.12-14.el6_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0308
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mailman 2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0307

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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