What is CVE-2015-8524?

CVE-2015-8524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Business Process Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2015-8524?

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

XSS in IBM Business Process Manager

CVE-2015-8524

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Process Portal in IBM Business Process Manager 8.5.0.x through 8.5.0.2, 8.5.5.x through 8.5.5.0, and 8.5.6.x through 8.5.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Business_process_manager — versions 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8524?: CVE-2015-8524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Business Process Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2015-8524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.