What is CVE-2015-3200?

CVE-2015-3200 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Virtual Customer Access System, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2015-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2015-3200?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-3200 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in HP Virtual Customer Access System

CVE-2015-3200

mod_auth in lighttpd before 1.4.36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary log entries via a basic HTTP authentication string without a colon character, as demonstrated by a string containing a NULL and new line character.

Published 2015-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.099 (95.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.099 · newest: 0.099 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/74813 (vdb-entry)
h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Vendor Advisory)
redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2646 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032405 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163223.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163286.html (vendor-advisory)
jaanuskp.blogspot.com/2015/05/cve-2015-3200.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html (Third Party Advisory)
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3200?: CVE-2015-3200 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Virtual Customer Access System, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2015-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2015-3200?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-3200 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.