CVE-2015-6938 — Cross-site Scripting in Ipython

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
IpythonJupyter NotebookIpython Notebook+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateJun 30

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶PyPIjupyter/notebook4.0.0 — 4.0.5
▶NVDipython/notebook3.2.1
▶NVDjupyter/notebook5 versions+4
▶PyPIipython/ipython< 3.2.2
▶Debianipython/ipython< 2.4.1-1+3

Also affects: Fedora 21, 22, 23

Patches

Patch: seclists.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: seclists.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jupyter Notebook↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jupyter Notebook↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-6938: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp↗2015-09-21
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6938: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp↗2015-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2015-6938: ipython - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/noteboo...↗2015
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Threat Assessment in Machine Learning based Systems↗2022-06-30
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-6938 ipython: XSS via local folder name↗2015-09-02
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