CVE-2015-3186 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated cluster operator users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the note field in a configuration change

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated cluster operator users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the note field in a configuration change

Published Nov 2, 2015

3.5

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.33%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ambari before 2.1.0 allows remote authenticated cluster operator users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the note field in a configuration change.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.33% 0.02328

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02328

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.33% (0.02328)	82.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.33% (0.02328)	81.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.20% (0.00204)	40.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.52% (0.00516)	77.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.52% (0.00516)	76.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.52% (0.00516)	73.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/13/1
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/13/1		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Ambari+Vulnerabilities		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published Nov 2, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 10, 2015

Link CVE-2015-3186

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3186

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3186