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PYSEC-2026-657

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-02 14:13 - Updated: 2026-07-06 07:36

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

Impacted products

Name	purl
mailman	pkg:pypi/mailman

Aliases

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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mailman",
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      },
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  ],
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-657",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T07:36:49.541009Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T14:13:18.100267Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11152"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-82rm-28q9-435p"
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  "summary": "Mailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability "
}

CVE-2003-0038 (GCVE-0-2003-0038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-01-29 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342745916111	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/9205	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6677	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005987	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailm…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-436	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Date Public

2003-01-25 00:00

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GHSA-82RM-28Q9-435P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-29 01:25 – Updated: 2023-09-18 22:38

Summary

Mailman Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in options.py for Mailman 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject script or HTML into web pages via the (1) email or (2) language parameters.

Show details on source website

JSON

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mailman"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.1"
            }
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  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-18T22:38:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2003-02-07T05:00:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "modified": "2023-09-18T22:38:47Z",
  "published": "2022-04-29T01:25:43Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-657

CVE-2003-0038 (GCVE-0-2003-0038)

GHSA-82RM-28Q9-435P

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