CVE-2015-2420

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager Gold before Rollup 8, SP1 before Rollup 10, and R2 before Rollup 7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, aka "System Center Operations Manager Web Console XSS Vulnerability."

Published: 2015-08-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2420 is rated Moderate Risk (48/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.58%, 94th 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-2015-2420

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 2025-11-21 14.54% 12.58% -1.96%
2 2025-06-10 12.07% 14.54% +2.47%
3 2025-03-30 12.07%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2420

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-2015-2420

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup5:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:r2_rollup6:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup5:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup6:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:rollup7:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup5:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup6:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup7:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup8:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft system_center_operations_manager 2012 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:system_center_operations_manager:2012:sp1_rollup9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2420

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