Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY parameter to help/.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1159 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.30%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 64.81% | 7.30% | -57.52% |
| 2 | 2026-06-07 | 58.78% | 64.81% | +6.04% |
| 3 | 2025-11-06 | — | 58.78% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2015-1159 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1159 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2015-1159: 1 GLSA(s) (201510-07), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1159 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1159 |
suse
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critical | CVE-2015-1159 severity critical: SUSE including 157 source package names (cups-1.6.3-17.el7_1.1, cups-1.7.5-12.4, …), 249 product×package rows across 75 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (75 product lines)): Fixed 249. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1159/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2015-1159 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1159 |