CVE-2015-5454

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Nucleus CMS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title parameter when adding a new item.

Published: 2015-07-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2015-5454

EPSS CVSS CWE Exploit-DB Affected

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5454 is rated Exploit Available (54.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). 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-2015-5454

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5454

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	2025-03-30	0.42%	0.51%	+0.09%
2	2025-03-29	0.51%	0.42%	-0.09%
3	2025-03-17	—	0.51%	—

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5454

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-2015-5454

CWE-79 MITRE ↗

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5454

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
nucleuscms	nucleus_cms	3.65	cpe:2.3:a:nucleuscms:nucleus_cms:3.65:::::::*
nucleuscms	nucleus_cms	3.70	cpe:2.3:a:nucleuscms:nucleus_cms:3.70:::::::*

References for CVE-2015-5454

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132461/Nucleus-CMS-3.65-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75694	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/NucleusCMS/NucleusCMS/issues/83	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/security-breachlock/CVE-2015-5454/blob/master/nucleus.pdf	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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