CVE-2015-5066

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the MetalGenix GeniXCMS 0.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) content or (2) title field in an add action in the posts page to index.php or the (3) q parameter in the posts page to index.php.

Published: 2015-06-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5066 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.76%). Core evidence: 2 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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5066

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37360 exploit_db edb 2015-06-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5066

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 8.24% 3.76% -4.48%
2 2026-03-09 6.24% 8.24% +2.00%
3 2025-09-30 6.24%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5066

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-2015-5066

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5066

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
metalgenix genixcms 0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:metalgenix:genixcms:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5066

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