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Vulnerability details: VCID-terj-92xe-uugs
Vulnerability ID VCID-terj-92xe-uugs
Aliases CVE-2015-4707
GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
PYSEC-2017-46
Summary Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/notebooks path.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00887 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4707
epss 0.00887 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4707
epss 0.00887 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4707
epss 0.00887 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4707
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
cvssv4 5.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ipython/ipython
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/ipython/ipython
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ipython/ipython
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
cvssv4 5.3 https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
cvssv4 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
cvssv4 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
cvssv3.1 6.1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
cvssv4 5.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4707
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4707
https://github.com/ipython/ipython
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
789824 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=789824
CVE-2015-4707 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-46.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4707
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200227150022/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/22/7
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.75908
EPSS Score 0.00887
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:25:27.439680+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0