# CVE-2015-1864: Kallithea cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-1864-kallithea-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2017-09-19  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2015-1864 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2017-09-19

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration pages in Kallithea before 0.2.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) first name or (2) last name user details, or the (3) repository, (4) repository group, or (5) user group description.

Technologies: [kallithea (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/kallithea). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2015-1864 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-1864 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2015-1864?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 19 September 2017.

**Which products and versions are affected?** kallithea (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.2.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2015-1864?** Yes. kallithea (PyPI): upgrade to 0.2.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2015-1864?** Check whether you run kallithea (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- kallithea (PyPI): upgrade to 0.2.1 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "kallithea>=0.2.1"
  ```


## Affected products

- kallithea (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.2.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2015-1864
- GHSA-fh5c-7gmg-xmp6
- PYSEC-2017-17

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- [PYSEC-2017-16 - Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Kallithea before 0.2.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-0276-kallithea-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability)
- [Kallithea CRLF injection vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-5285-kallithea-crlf-injection-vulnerability)
- [RhodeCode and Kallithea are vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-0260-rhodecode-and-kallithea-are-vulnerable-to-sensitive-information)