CVE-2015-5612 October CMS XSS In Caption Tag of Profile

What is CVE-2015-5612?

CVE-2015-5612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Octobercms October, published on 4 Sep 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in October CMS build 271 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the caption tag of a profile image.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5612?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including october/october. It affects 1 product.

Products include Octobercms October.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5612?

Upgrade october/october to 1.0.319 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-2015-5612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Octobercms October

• CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2021-3311 October CMS Session ID not invalidated after logout Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000194 October CMS File Upload Vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000196 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000197 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8

All Octobercms October vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-9hq8-v2jc-qj4r.