Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x before 3.20.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) tag parameter to opac-search.pl; the (2) value parameter to authorities/authorities-home.pl; the (3) delay parameter to acqui/lateorders.pl; the (4) authtypecode or (5) tagfield to admin/auth_subfields_structure.pl; the (6) tagfield parameter to admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl; the (7) limit parameter to catalogue/search.pl; the (8) bookseller_filter, (9) callnumber_filter, (10) EAN_filter, (11) ISSN_filter, (12) publisher_filter, or (13) title_filter parameter to serials/serials-search.pl; or the (14) author, (15) collectiontitle, (16) copyrightdate, (17) isbn, (18) manageddate_from, (19) manageddate_to, (20) publishercode, (21) suggesteddate_from, or (22) suggesteddate_to parameter to suggestion/suggestion.pl; or the (23) direction, (24) display or (25) addshelf parameter to opac-shelves.pl.
Why it matters now
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 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:koha:koha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.14.00 to before 3.14.16; 3.16.00 to before 3.16.12; 3.18.0 to before 3.18.8; 3.20.00 to before 3.20.1 | Vulnerable | Koha |
- cpe:2.3:a:koha:koha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.14.00 to before 3.14.16; 3.16.00 to before 3.16.12; 3.18.0 to before 3.18.8; 3.20.00 to before 3.20.1 Vulnerable ·Koha
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4631
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-24mg-jwcv-j892
References
Exploit 6
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132458/Koha-ILS-3.20.x-CSRF-XSS-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
- https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14418
- 37389
- https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14423
- 20150625 SBA Research Vulnerability Disclosure - Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Koha ILS
- https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14416
Advisory 5
- https://www.sba-research.org/2015/06/24/researchers-of-sba-research-found-several-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-the-koha-library-software-via-combinatorial-testing/
- https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-16-12/
- https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-18-8/
- https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-20-1/
- https://koha-community.org/koha-3-14-16-released/
More Koha vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18975 An issue in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-18976 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Koha ILS 23.05 and before allows a remote attacker… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-24397 Authenticated SQL Injection in Koha displayby parameter of suggestion.pl CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-16095 CSV Injection vulnerability in '/members/moremember.pl' and '/admin/aqbudgets.pl'… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-21318 Koha versions up to 25.11 contain a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability via… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-03876 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2015-4631 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-4631 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-24mg-jwcv-j892 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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