CVE-2015-5520

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2015-5520 · Published 14/07/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-5520 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting orchard (orchardproject).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.0%, higher than 90.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
orchard orchardproject	`= 1.7.3= 1.8= 1.8.1= 1.8.2= 1.9`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Users module in Orchard 1.7.3 through 1.8.2 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username when creating a new user account, which is not properly handled when deleting an account.

References

docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Patch-20150630 · Patch
packetstormsecurity.com/files/132583/Orchard-CMS-1.9.0-1.8.2-1.7.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/32 · Exploit
projectzero.gr/en/2015/07/orchard-persistent-xss-vulnerability · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/37533 · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

orchard

orchardproject

= 1.7.3= 1.8= 1.8.1= 1.8.2= 1.9

No fix yet

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