GHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jupyter Notebook
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-6938 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.86%). 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | 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 | 2025-06-19 | 1.04% | 0.86% | -0.18% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.21% | 1.04% | +0.84% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.21% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-4vwq-x64q-j4cj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jupyter Notebook
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2015-6938 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ipython), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6938 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2015-6938 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ipython), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 12, ignored 6, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6938 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| jupyter | notebook | 4.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| jupyter | notebook | 4.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| jupyter | notebook | 4.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| jupyter | notebook | 4.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| jupyter | notebook | 4.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 21 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 22 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 23 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | notebook | <= 3.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:notebook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |