CVE-2015-4631 json
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x…
published 2018-10-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-4650
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.7%
- EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x before 3.20.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) tag parameter to opac-search.pl; the (2) value parameter to authorities/authorities-home.pl; the (3) delay parameter to acqui/lateorders.pl; the (4) authtypecode or (5) tagfield to admin/auth_subfields_structure.pl; the (6) tagfield parameter to admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl; the (7) limit parameter to catalogue/search.pl; the (8) bookseller_filter, (9) callnumber_filter, (10) EAN_filter, (11) ISSN_filter, (12) publisher_filter, or (13) title_filter parameter to serials/serials-search.pl; or the (14) author, (15) collectiontitle, (16) copyrightdate, (17) isbn, (18) manageddate_from, (19) manageddate_to, (20) publishercode, (21) suggesteddate_from, or (22) suggesteddate_to parameter to suggestion/suggestion.pl; or the (23) direction, (24) display or (25) addshelf parameter to opac-shelves.pl.
Patch / fix
- koha koha 3.14.16, 3.16.12, 3.18.8, 3.20.1
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-37389)
- Published
Exploit prediction
3.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-37389 Koha 3.20.1 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting / Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities webapps, 2015-06-26
- packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132458/Koha-ILS-3.20.x-CSRF-XSS-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- bugs.koha-community.org https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14418 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- bugs.koha-community.org https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14423 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- seclists.org https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/80 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- bugs.koha-community.org https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14416 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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exploit-db.com
/exploits/37389/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
packetstormsecurity.com
/files/132458/Koha-ILS-3.20.x-CSRF-XSS-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
bugs.koha-community.org
/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14418
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
bugs.koha-community.org
/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14423
exploit, issue-tracking
-
seclists.org
/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/80
mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory
-
bugs.koha-community.org
/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14416
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
koha-community.org
/security-release-koha-3-16-12/
product, release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
koha-community.org
/security-release-koha-3-18-8/
product, release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
koha-community.org
/security-release-koha-3-20-1/
product, release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
koha-community.org
/koha-3-14-16-released/
product, release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
sba-research.org
/2015/06/24/researchers-of-sba-research-found-several-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-the-koha-library-so
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-4631
- NVD CVE-2015-4631
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