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CVE-2015-5520

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• Orchardproject Orchard: 1.7.3, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.9

References

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

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