What is CVE-2015-5379?

CVE-2015-5379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axigen Mail Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2015-5379?

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

XSS in Axigen Mail Server

CVE-2015-5379

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actions.hsp in the Ajax WebMail interface in AXIGEN Mail Server before 9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an email attachment.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-23 · 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: 0.016 (74.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Axigen Mail Server — versions 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.axigen.com/knowledgebase/Ajax-WebMail-8-x-security-patch-CVE-2015-5379-_341… (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/132764/Axigen-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536046/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/2534 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5379?: CVE-2015-5379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axigen Mail Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-5379?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.