CVE-2015-4706

medium
Published 2017-09-21 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4706

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIipython>=3.0.0,<3.2.03.2.0
python PyPIipython<7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce||>=3.0.0,<3.2.0c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ipythonipython3.0.0
ipythonipython3.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.