CVE-2015-8831 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Dotclear versions prior to 2.8.2, specifically within the admin/comments.php component. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the author name in a comment, requiring user interaction. While the vulnerability could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.