Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Sling API before 2.2.2 and…
Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Sling API before 2.2.2 and Apache Sling Servlets Post before 2.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, related to (1) org/apache/sling/api/servlets/HtmlResponse and (2) org/apache/sling/servlets/post/HtmlResponse.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.06253 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api (Maven): 2.2.2org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post (Maven): 2.1.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api (Maven) | before 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 | Patch available | GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7 |
| — | org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post (Maven) | before 2.1.2 | 2.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.2 Fixed in 2.2.2 Patch available GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7
- org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.2 Fixed in 2.1.2 Patch available GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7 org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api (Maven) Fixed in 2.2.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7 org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post (Maven) Fixed in 2.1.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2944
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7
References
Other 8
- [sling-dev] 20210409 [jira] [Created] (SLING-10284) Dependency check fails on CVE-2015-2944 for Sling Resource Merger 1.4.0
- [sling-dev] 20210409 [jira] [Commented] (SLING-10284) Dependency check fails on CVE-2015-2944 for Sling Resource Merger 1.4.0
- [sling-dev] 20210409 [jira] [Comment Edited] (SLING-10284) Dependency check fails on CVE-2015-2944 for Sling Resource Merger 1.4.0
- [sling-dev] 20210409 [jira] [Resolved] (SLING-10284) Dependency check fails on CVE-2015-2944 for Sling Resource Merger 1.4.0
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04237d561f3e5bced0a26287454450a34275162aa6b1dbae1b707b31@%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f41dd891a52133abdbf7f74ad1dde80c46f157c1f1cf8c23ba60a70@%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93d68359eb0ea8c0f26d71ca3998143f99209a24db7b4dacfc688cea@%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd2a352858630721e7b1655bbdf85e692d6156fcfe68109e12b017b16@%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E
More Apache Sling Api vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-14180 log injection in Sling logging CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2015-2944 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-2944 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rxvx-44w5-44r7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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