CVE-2015-8856

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392Broken Link
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/34Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392Broken Link
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/34Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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