CVE-2015-5667
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.6
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML-Scrubber module before 0.15 for Perl, when the comment feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted comment.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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 | 0.15-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.15-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.15-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.15-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.15-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| html-scrubber_project | html-scrubber | {"endIncluding":"0.14"} | |
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN53973084/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000171
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172934.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172997.html
- https://metacpan.org/release/HTML-Scrubber
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5667
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.