What is CVE-2015-5181?

CVE-2015-5181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss A-Mq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-5181?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Jboss A-Mq

CVE-2015-5181

The JBoss console in A-MQ allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.6% 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

Red Hat Jboss A-Mq

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2557.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2556.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5181?: CVE-2015-5181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss A-Mq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-5181?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.