CVE-2015-8831

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/comments.php in Dotclear before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the author name in a comment.

• CWE-79

• http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2015/10/25/Dotclear-2.8.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134353/dotclear-2.8.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/59Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/05/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96377
• https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/dotclear-281-XSS-94.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/65e65154dadfIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2015/10/25/Dotclear-2.8.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134353/dotclear-2.8.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/59Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/05/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96377
• https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/dotclear-281-XSS-94.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/65e65154dadfIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Feb 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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