FKIE_CVE-2015-5216

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-02-17 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:28
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly escape certain characters in a Python exception-message template, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an HTTP response.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255170Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://pagure.io/ipsilon/a503aa9c2a30a74e709d1c88099befd50fb2eb16Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255170Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pagure.io/ipsilon/a503aa9c2a30a74e709d1c88099befd50fb2eb16Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ipsilon-project ipsilon *
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:28:41.563",
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