# CVE-2015-9279: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via stored XSS in MailEnable email bodies, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24qx-986r-jvf4

## What is CVE-2015-9279?

CVE-2015-9279 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 16 Jan 2019. 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

MailEnable before 8.60 allows Stored XSS via malformed use of "<img/src" with no ">" character in the body of an e-mail message.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9279?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mailenable Mailenable.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-9279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-9279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-9279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mailenable Mailenable

- [CVE-2015-9280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9280/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-44148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-44148/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12924/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9278/): MailEnable before 8.60 allows Privilege Escalation because admin accounts could be created as a consequence of %0A mishandling in AUTH.TAB a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9277/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-9279 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-9279 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mailenable Mailenable. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9279/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9279
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9279
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-9279

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9279/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.