What is CVE-2015-0265?

CVE-2015-0265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-0265?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Ranger

CVE-2015-0265

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Policy Admin Tool in Apache Ranger before 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP User-Agent header.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ranger

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201508.mbox/<D1E7EC30.9D53F%vel@ap… (mailing-list)
www.slideshare.net/wojdwo/big-problems-with-big-data-hadoop-interfaces-security (Exploit)
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/76208 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-0265?: CVE-2015-0265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Ranger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-0265?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.