What is CVE-2015-9478?

CVE-2015-9478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in No-Margin-For-Error Prettyphoto, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-9478?

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

XSS in No-Margin-For-Error Prettyphoto

CVE-2015-9478

prettyPhoto before 3.1.6 has js/jquery.prettyPhoto.js XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

No-Margin-For-Error Prettyphoto

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/scaron/prettyphoto/releases/tag/3.1.6 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/scaron/prettyphoto/issues/149 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9478?: CVE-2015-9478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in No-Margin-For-Error Prettyphoto, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-9478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.