Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8856

Title: Openjsf Serve-Index Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8856.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jan 23, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8856: 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.

Impacted Vendors

openjsf 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/34 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/34

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns