What is CVE-2015-4687?

CVE-2015-4687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ellucian Banner Student, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-4687?

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

Is CVE-2015-4687 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Ellucian Banner Student

CVE-2015-4687

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ellucian (formerly SunGard) Banner Student 8.5.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-09-11 · 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: 0.012 (67.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ellucian Banner Student — versions 8.5.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/134622/Banner-Student-XSS-Information-Disclosure-… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537029/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4687?: CVE-2015-4687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ellucian Banner Student, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-4687?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-4687 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.