CVE-2015-1864 Kallithea cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2015-1864?

CVE-2015-1864 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration pages in Kallithea before 0.2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) first name or (2) last name user details, or the (3) repository, (4) repository group, or (5) user group description.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1864?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including kallithea and Kallithea. It affects 1 product.

Products include Kallithea-Scm Kallithea.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1864?

Upgrade kallithea to 0.2.1 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2015-1864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-0276 Kallithea cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3691 Kallithea Routes CSRF Bypass High 8.8
• CVE-2015-5285 Kallithea CRLF injection vulnerability Medium 5.0
• CVE-2015-0260 RhodeCode and Kallithea are vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure Medium 4.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fh5c-7gmg-xmp6, PYSEC-2017-17.