CVE-2015-1757

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in adfs/ls in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the wct parameter, aka "ADFS XSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-06-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1757 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.06%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1757

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 10.69% 11.06% +0.36%
2 2025-09-16 12.41% 10.69% -1.72%
3 2025-05-21 12.41%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1757

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1757

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1757

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft active_directory_federation_services 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_federation_services:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft active_directory_federation_services 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:active_directory_federation_services:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1757

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