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CVE-2015-5216

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5216 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Identity Provider (IdP) server of Ipsilon versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.0. The flaw arises from improper escaping of characters in Python exception messages, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious scripts via HTTP responses. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.1.0, < 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipsilon-project:ipsilon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ipsilon

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5216Moderate

ipsilon: XSS due to exception handling

Aug 19, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pagure.io / ipsilon/a503aa9c2a30a74e709d1c88099befd50fb2eb16
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory