CVE-2015-8856

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8856
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-23 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-26 20:10:00 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Openjsf Serve-index All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Node Security Platform | Advisory CONFIRM nodesecurity.io Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Node.js CVE-2015-8856 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980863 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for serve-index (GHSA-v633-x5vv-hqwc)
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