CVE-2015-2351

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Alkacon OpenCms 9.5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) homelink parameter to system/modules/org.opencms.workplace.help/jsptemplates/help_head.jsp, (2) workplaceresource parameter to system/workplace/locales/en/help/index.html, (3) path parameter to system/workplace/views/admin/admin-main.jsp, (4) mode parameter to system/workplace/views/explorer/explorer_files.jsp, or (5) query parameter in a search action to system/modules/org.opencms.workplace.help/elements/search.jsp.

Published: 2015-03-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2351 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.91%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-2351

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2351

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 0.38% 1.91% +1.53%
2 2025-03-30 0.32% 0.38% +0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.32%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2351

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-2015-2351

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-2351

GHSA-6c8c-f2w2-jvjr · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — Alkacon OpenCMS XSS via homelink, workplaceresource, mode and query parameters

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2351

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alkacon opencms 9.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:alkacon:opencms:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2351

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