CVE-2015-4706

Publication date 21 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython 3.x before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/contents path.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ipython 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

/api/contents only affects 3.0 through 3.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.1 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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