CVE-2015-2703

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Websense TRITON AP-WEB before 8.0.0 and V-Series 7.7 appliances allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) ws-userip in the ws-encdata parameter to cve-bin/moreBlockInfo.cgi in the Data Security block page or (2) admin_msg parameter to configure/ssl_ui/eva-config/client-cert-import_wsoem.html in the Content Gateway, which is not properly handled in an error message.

Published: 2015-03-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2703 is rated Exploit Available (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-2703

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2703

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 2026-03-03 0.67% 0.55% -0.12%
2 2025-03-17 1.14% 0.67% -0.47%
3 2024-12-17 1.14%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2703

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-2015-2703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
websense triton_ap_web <= 7.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:websense:triton_ap_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense v-series_appliances 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:websense:v-series_appliances:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2703

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130902/Websense-Data-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130908/Websense-Content-Gateway-Error-Message-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/106
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534912/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534914/100/0/threaded
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/Vulnerabilities-resolved-in-TRITON-APX-Version-8-0 Vendor Advisory
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140910/cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_websense_data_security_block_page.html Exploit
https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140916/error_messages_of_websense_content_gateway_are_vulnerable_to_cross_site_scripting.html
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