What is CVE-2015-5002?

CVE-2015-5002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Host On-Demand, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-5002?

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

XSS in IBM Host On-Demand

CVE-2015-5002

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Host On-Demand 11.0 through 11.0.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-01-18 · 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: 0.008 (54.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Host On-Demand — versions 11.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5002?: CVE-2015-5002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Host On-Demand, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-5002?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.