Incomplete blacklist in sanitize_string in Zenphoto before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5592 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.29%). Core evidence: 1 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.70% | 1.29% | +0.59% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.58% | 0.70% | +0.12% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.58% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 2.7 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132667/ZenPhoto-1.4.8-XSS-SQL-Injection-Traversal.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/ | Broken Link |
| http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9 | Release Notes |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |