CVE-2015-7383

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Web Reference Database (aka refbase) through 0.9.6 and bleeding-edge through 2015-04-28 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) adminUserName, (2) pathToMYSQL, (3) databaseStructureFile, or (4) pathToBibutils parameter to install.php or the (5) adminUserName parameter to update.php.

Published: 2015-09-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-7383 is rated Moderate Risk (43.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7383

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 2026-02-19 0.67% 0.91% +0.24%
2 2026-01-04 0.83% 0.67% -0.16%
3 2025-12-20 0.83%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7383

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-2015-7383

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7383

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
refbase refbase <= 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:refbase:refbase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7383

URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374092 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence