PT-2020-7857 · Ipsilon · Ipsilon

Michael Scherer · CVE-2015-5216 · Published 2020-02-17 · Updated 2024-08-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ipsilon versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.0

Description: The issue arises from the Identity Provider (IdP) server not properly escaping certain characters in a Python exception-message template. This makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an HTTP response.

Recommendations: For Ipsilon versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.0, update to version 1.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5216

Affected Products

Ipsilon

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5216 · Security Note
• https://pagure.io/ipsilon/a503aa9c2a30a74e709d1c88099befd50fb2eb16 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255170 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89358 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8 · Note