Name: CVE-2015-8856: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8856, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.02477

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade node-serve-index	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 23, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 23, 2017

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CVSS Details

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