CVE-2015-4707
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-09-20 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cb0e6c732e188a9c01a4fcccaa44987316566f8ab5e72676a859ceb36744c234
05 Affected products
06 References
- ipython.orghttps://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150622 Re: CVE request: IPython XSS in JSON error responseshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
- github.comhttps://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
- www.securityfocus.com75328http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ipython Fixed in 2.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ipython Fixed in 2.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ipython Fixed in 2.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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