Cross-site scripting in handlebars - CVE-2015-8861
Published: May 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76398
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8861
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging a template with an attribute that is not quoted.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
handlebars
Netcool Operations Insight
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Netcool Operations Insight
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8861
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
handlebars - update to 4.0.0
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.4 Service pack 1
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.4 Service pack 1