Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name
Published Sep 21, 2015
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.79%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
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- 23
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.79% (0.02792) | 85.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02768) | 84.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.04% (0.01044) | 75.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 58.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 56.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00208) | 56.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166460.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166471.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167670.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/474 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/544 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259405 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj Advisory
- https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/3ab41641cf6fce3860c73d5cf4645aa12e1e5892 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/35f32dd2da804d108a3a3585b69ec3295b2677ed x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/dd9876381f0ef09873d8c5f6f2063269172331e3 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2015-24.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/notebook/PYSEC-2015-26.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6938
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