CVE-2015-1159

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1159
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapple
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-26 10:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY parameter to help/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cups Cups All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Project Zero: Owning Internet Printing - A Case Study in Modern Software Exploitation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googleprojectzero.blogspot.in Technical Description
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1056-1: critical: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1041-1: critical: Security update for c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 924208 – VUL-0: CVE-2015-1158 CVE-2015-1159: cups: privilege escalation via cross-site scripting and bad print job submission used to replace cupsd.conf on server (plus weird ld.so interaction) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.opensuse.org Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3283-1 cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
1221642 – (CVE-2015-1159) CVE-2015-1159 cups: cross-site scripting flaw in CUPS web UI (VU#810572) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Issue 455 - google-security-research - Placeholder: PoC for cupsd exploit of string reference count over decrement - Google Security Research - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit
CERT VU#810572: Privilege escalation through dynamic linker and isolated vulnerabilities · Issue #4609 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Vendor Advisory
CUPS CVE-2015-1159 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-07) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Vulnerability Note VU#810572 - CUPS print service is vulnerable to privilege escalation and cross-site scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CUPS Bugs Let Remote Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CUPS 2.0.3 - CUPS.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1044-1: critical: Security update for c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2629-1: CUPS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
2015-10 Security Bulletin: QFabric 3100 Director: CUPS printing system Improper Update of Reference Count leads to remote chained vulnerability attack via XSS against authenticated users (CVE-2015-1158, CVE-2015-1159) - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
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