CVE-2015-4706
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython 3.x before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/contents path.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
- https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4706
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q326-jhw3-699g
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-45.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200516112656/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4706
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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