What is CVE-2015-1159?

CVE-2015-1159 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-06-26.

Is CVE-2015-1159 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cups

CVE-2015-1159

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY parameter to help/.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.588 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Cups
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

DSA-3283 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
RHSA-2015:1123 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
USN-2629-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
1032556 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
SUSE-SU-2015:1044 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
VU#810572 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1159?: CVE-2015-1159 is a vulnerability in Cups, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-06-26.
Is CVE-2015-1159 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.