CVE-2015-7578

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

2.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 83.4% 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:3.0/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.

Published

2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-09-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

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

d9be5c2476f7c14639f074c1d72d68c706614f92a8f4bd5f8f06d0428d32460f

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-3a2606f993http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7578] Possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizerhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/297161e29a3e11186ce4c02bf7defc088bf544d4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7578] Possible XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizerhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/uh--W4TDwmI/ygHE7hlZEgAJmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-59ce8b61ddhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0391http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0356http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE