6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-8936
SquidGuard Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in squidGuard.cgi in squidGuard before 1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a blocked site link.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 9, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8936 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Squidguard squidguard

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8936 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8936 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/2
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/6
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305
    Added Reference http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG
    Added Reference http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20150201
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source SUSE OpenText
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/2 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20150201 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20150201
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/6
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/2
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/2 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/6 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20150201 No Types Assigned http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20150201 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG No Types Assigned http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:squidguard:squidguard:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91305 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8936 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} 0.03%

score

0.52893

percentile

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