CVE-2015-1040

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administrative backend in BEdita 3.4.0 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) lrealname field in the editProfile form to index.php/home/profile; the (2) data[title] or (3) data[description] field in the addQuickItem form to index.php; the (4) "note text" field in the saveNote form to index.php/areas; or the (5) titleBEObject or (6) tagsArea field in the updateForm form to index.php/documents/view.

Published: 2015-01-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1040 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1040

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1040

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.89% 0.35% -0.54%
2 2025-03-03 2.74% 0.89% -1.84%
3 2024-12-17 2.74%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1040

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1040

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1040

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bedita bedita 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:bedita:bedita:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1040

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