# CVE-2006-1712: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-04-11 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015876
- http://www.osvdb.org/24442
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19558
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2006-April/000084.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1269
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17403
- http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-checkins%40python.org/msg06273.html

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