What is CVE-2015-8856?

CVE-2015-8856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openjsf Serve-Index, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2015-8856?

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

Is CVE-2015-8856 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Openjsf Serve-Index

CVE-2015-8856

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.9th 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

Openjsf Serve-index
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8856?: CVE-2015-8856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openjsf Serve-Index, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-8856?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8856 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.