CVE-2015-6938

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6938
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-21 19:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

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
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Ipython Notebook All All All All
Application Jupyter Notebook 4.0.0 All All All
Application Jupyter Notebook 4.0.1 All All All
Application Jupyter Notebook 4.0.2 All All All
Application Jupyter Notebook 4.0.3 All All All
Application Jupyter Notebook 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: CVE Request : CSRF in IPython/Jupyter notebook Tree. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: ipython-2.4.1-8.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1699-1: moderate: Security update for IPython, python3- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Fix XSS reported on Security list · ipython/ipython@3ab4164 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Fix XSS reported on Security list · jupyter/notebook@35f32dd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: ipython-3.2.1-3.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Fix XSS reported on Security list · jupyter/notebook@dd98763 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: ipython-2.4.1-8.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1259405 – CVE-2015-6938 ipython: XSS via local folder name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request : CSRF in IPython/Jupyter notebook Tree. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Patch
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