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)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3283 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2629-1 (vendor-advisory)
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032556 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.cups.org/blog.php (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810572 (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.