What is CVE-2015-9285?

CVE-2015-9285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Esotalk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2015-9285?

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

XSS in Esotalk

CVE-2015-9285

esoTalk 1.0.0g4 has XSS via the PATH_INFO to the conversations/ URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-04-29 · 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: 0.009 (56.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Esotalk — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/esotalk/esoTalk/issues/444 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2015/12/23/13 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9285?: CVE-2015-9285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Esotalk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2015-9285?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.