// For flags

CVE-2015-1159

cups: cross-site scripting flaw in CUPS web UI (VU#810572)

Severity Score

4.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Cross-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/.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en la función cgi_puts en cgi-bin/template.c en el motor de plantillas en CUPS anterior a 2.0.3 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través del parámetro QUERY en help/.

A cross-site scripting flaw was found in the cups web templating engine. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the default configuration settings that bind the CUPS scheduler to the 'localhost' or loopback interface.

CUPS versions prior to 2.0.3 suffers from improper teardown and cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-01-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2015-06-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-20 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-06 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Cups
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Cups
Search vendor "Cups" for product "Cups"
<= 2.0.2
Search vendor "Cups" for product "Cups" and version " <= 2.0.2"
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Affected