CVE-2015-5520

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.

• CWE-79

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

Published

Jul 14, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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