CVE-2015-8831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/comments.php in Dotclear before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the author name in a comment.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dotclear	Dotclear

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dotclear:dotclear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2015/10/25/Dotclear-2.8.2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134353/dotclear-2.8.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/59
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96377
https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/dotclear-281-XSS-94.html
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/65e65154dadf

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-02-09T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.031Z

Reserved: 2016-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8831

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-09T15:59:00.393

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-8831

Redhat

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