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CVE-2015-5612

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5612 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in October CMS, specifically in build 271 and earlier versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the caption tag of a profile image. While the CVSS score is 4.3 (medium severity) with a low impact on integrity, it has a low EPSS score and FAUCET risk score, indicating a low likelihood of exploitation. There is no known exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: october/octoberFixed in: 1.0.319
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-9hq8-v2jc-qj4rmedium

October CMS XSS In Caption Tag of Profile

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / octobercms/october/commit/8a4ac533e5cd6b8f92e9ef19fbfbb2f505dc7a9a
Patch
github.com / octobercms/october/issues/1302
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/21/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/3