What is CVE-2015-7242?

CVE-2015-7242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avm Fritz\! OS, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-7242?

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

XSS in Avm Fritz\! OS

CVE-2015-7242

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Push-Service-Mails feature in AVM FRITZ!OS before 6.30 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the display name in the FROM field of an SIP INVITE message.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-01-12 · 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: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Avm Fritz\! OS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135168/AVM-FRITZ-OS-HTML-Injection.html (Exploit)
ds-develop.de/advisories/advisory-2016-01-07-1-avm.txt (Exploit)
avm.de/service/sicherheitsinfos-zu-updates/ (Patch)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537249/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7242?: CVE-2015-7242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Avm Fritz\! OS, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-7242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.