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CVE-2015-4706: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in IPython

May 17, 2022 (updated September 23, 2024)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython 3.x before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/contents path.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235688
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q326-jhw3-699g
  • github.com/ipython/ipython
  • github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/7222bd53ad089a65fd610fab4626f9d0ab47dfce
  • github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/c2078a53543ed502efd968649fee1125e0eb549c
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2017-45.yaml
  • ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/whatsnew/version3.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4706
  • web.archive.org/web/20200516112656/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75328

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.2.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2.0 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/ipython/CVE-2015-4706.yml

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