General Information

Python Code Injection

Variants:
Direct Persistent Session 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Technology Specific

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Python

Target Type:
Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Input Validation, Syntax Escaping

Invented In:
01/01/2005

Added In:
08/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
Malicious inputs can affect the structure of server-side Python code which is generated dynamically


Direct Variant:

Python Injection

Also Known As:
Python Code Injection

Typical Severity:
Critical

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Persistent Variant:

Stored Python Injection

Also Known As:
Persistent Python Injection

Typical Severity:
Critical

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Session Variant:

Python Injection via Session Puzzling

Also Known As:
Session Python Injection

Typical Severity:
Critical

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