CVE-2015-8861

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
The handlebars package before 4.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging a template with an attribute that is not quoted.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8861
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-23T21:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-04-22T12:54:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:handlebars.js_project:handlebars.js:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 4.0.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/handlebars_vulnerability_research_findings/ Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96434 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8861
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8861
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:43:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:04:53 2017-01-23T21:59Z 2017-01-23T21:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:04:53 2020-04-22T12:54:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:04:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated