CVE-2015-6938 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2015-6938

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py...

Vulnerability Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in notebook/notebookapp.py in IPython Notebook before 3.2.2 and Jupyter Notebook 4.0.x before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a folder name. NOTE: this was originally reported as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2015-6938

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from jupyter

View All →
CVE-2025-53000
nbconvert has an uncontrolled search path that leads to unauthorized code execution on Windows
High 8.5
CVE-2025-30167
Jupyter Core on Windows Has Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
High 7.3
CVE-2025-23205
`frame-ancestors: self` grants all users access to formgrader in nbgrader
Medium 6.9
CVE-2022-39286
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in JupyterApp
High 8.8
CVE-2022-29238
Forced Browsing in Jupyter Notebook
Medium 4.3

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

notebook, fedora, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 21, 22, 23, 13.1, 13.2, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 21st, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.