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CVE-2015-6938

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6938 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting IPython Notebook before version 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through specially crafted folder names. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 77th 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: notebookFixed in: 4.0.5
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ipythonFixed in: 3.2.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cjmedium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jupyter Notebook

May 14, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166460.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166471.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167670.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00016.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
seclists.org / oss-sec/2015/q3/474
seclists.org / oss-sec/2015/q3/544
Mailing ListPatch
github.com / ipython/ipython/commit/3ab41641cf6fce3860c73d5cf4645aa12e1e5892
Exploit
github.com / jupyter/notebook/commit/35f32dd2da804d108a3a3585b69ec3295b2677ed
Exploit
github.com / jupyter/notebook/commit/dd9876381f0ef09873d8c5f6f2063269172331e3
Issue TrackingPatch