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CVE-2015-6938

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00861
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

4
jupyter notebookall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
ipython notebook<= 3.2.1
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI ipython MODERATE fixed in 3.2.2
PyPI notebook MODERATE fixed in 4.0.5
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocgithub.com · 3ab41641cf6fce3860c73d5cf4645aa12e1e5892github.com
pocgithub.com · 35f32dd2da804d108a3a3585b69ec3295b2677edgithub.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD21 Sep 2015 · 07:59 PM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166460.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166471.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167670.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/474
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/544Mailing ListPatch
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