CVE-2015-8856
Cross-Site Scripting in serve-index
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
Versions 1.6.2 and earlier of `serve-index` are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Because file and directory names are not escaped in the module's HTML output, a remote attacker that can influence file or directory names can launch a persistent cross-site scripting attack on the application. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.6.3 or later.
How to fix CVE-2015-8856
To remediate CVE-2015-8856, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.9.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.3 or later
Is CVE-2015-8856 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.9.1-1
- from 0, < 1.6.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |