CVE-2015-6176 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6176?

CVE-2015-6176 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, published on 9 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Edge mishandles HTML attributes in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Edge XSS Filter Bypass Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6176?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Edge.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2015-6176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7j34-cwhx-cfv7.