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CVE-2011-4103
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2014-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-20
Description
emitters.py in Django Piston before 0.2.3 and 0.2.x before 0.2.2.1 does not properly deserialize YAML data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to the yaml.load method.
Affected products
- djangoproject Piston: through 0.2.2.0
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2344
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/10
- https://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/commits/91bdaec89543/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750658
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/nov/01/piston-and-tastypie-security-releases/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2344
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/10
- https://bitbucket.org/jespern/django-piston/commits/91bdaec89543/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750658
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/nov/01/piston-and-tastypie-security-releases/
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