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webpy — security advisory
webpy web.py 0.76 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via render_jinja.__init__().
- Products
- webpy
- Affected versions
- 1:0.37+20120626-1, 1:0.37+20120626-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:0.38+20170615-1, 1:0.38+20170615-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:0.38-1, 1:0.39+20181101-1, 1:0.40-2, 1:0.40-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:0.61-1, 1:0.61-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:0.62-4, 1:0.62-4ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:0.62-6, 1:0.70-1, 1:0.76-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-79311
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
webpy web.py 0.76 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via render_jinja.__init__().
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-79311
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Complete source record
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