CVE-2015-4707
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/notebooks path.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4707
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ipython | ipython | {"endExcluding":"3.2.0"} | 3.2.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
- https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4707
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.