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CVE-2011-1015

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1015 describes a vulnerability in the CGIHTTPServer module of Python versions 2.5, 2.6, and 3.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to read the source code of scripts by sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request that omits an initial slash in the URI. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for information disclosure (C:P) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: python-0:2.3.4-14.10.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python-0:2.4.3-44.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-0:2.6.6-20.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-docs-0:2.6.6-2.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1015Low

(CGIHTTPServer): CGI script source code disclosure

Mar 7, 2008

References

bugs.python.org / issue2254
ExploitPatch
hg.python.org / cpython/rev/c6c4398293bd
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/23/27
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/10
ExploitPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/50858
secunia.com / advisories/51024
secunia.com / advisories/51040
securitytracker.com / id
svn.python.org / view
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/46541
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1596-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1613-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1613-2