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CVE-2015-6938
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.8%
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Description
Cross-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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIipythonGHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj (opens in a new tab)
- PyPInotebookGHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/3ab41641cf6fce3860c73d5cf4645aa12e1e5892 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259405 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150902 CVE Request : CSRF in IPython/Jupyter notebook Tree. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150914 Re: CVE Request : CSRF in IPython/Jupyter notebook Tree. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/dd9876381f0ef09873d8c5f6f2063269172331e3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-16128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/35f32dd2da804d108a3a3585b69ec3295b2677ed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-14901 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-14902 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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