CVE-2015-8856 (GCVE-0-2015-8856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
VLAI
Summary
Cross-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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/34 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2015-03-14 00:00
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