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Vulnerability details: VCID-46e4-wwyz-3kb9
Vulnerability ID VCID-46e4-wwyz-3kb9
Aliases CVE-2014-4650
Summary The CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.7.5 and 3.3.4 does not properly handle URLs in which URL encoding is used for path separators, which allows remote attackers to read script source code or conduct directory traversal attacks and execute unintended code via a crafted character sequence, as demonstrated by a %2f separator.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 2.6
Risk 5.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added June 27, 2014
Description Python CGIHTTPServer - Encoded Directory Traversal
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date June 27, 2014
Exploit type webapps
Platform multiple
Source update date June 27, 2014
Source URL https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2014-008
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.91761
EPSS Score 0.07232
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:08:35.570691+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0