PT-2017-7490 · Npm+1 · Index Server+1

CVE-2015-8856

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Published

2016-02-10

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Updated

2023-09-26

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions serve-index versions 1.6.2 and earlier
Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name. This is due to file and directory names not being escaped in the module's HTML output, enabling a remote attacker that can influence file or directory names to launch a persistent cross-site scripting attack on the application.
Recommendations Update to version 1.6.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1086
CVE-2015-8856
GHSA-V633-X5VV-HQWC

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Index Server