What is CVE-2015-5216?

CVE-2015-5216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ipsilon-Project Ipsilon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2015-5216?

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

XSS in Ipsilon-Project Ipsilon

CVE-2015-5216

The Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly escape certain characters in a Python exception-message template, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an HTTP response.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ipsilon-project Ipsilon
N/a Ipsilon — versions 0.1.0 before 1.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5216?: CVE-2015-5216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ipsilon-Project Ipsilon, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2015-5216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.