TI-2015-03937 Aliases CVE-2015-4707 GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython before 3.2 allows remote attackers to…

LOW 32CWE-79Published 2017-09-20 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython before 3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving JSON error messages and the /api/notebooks path.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02274 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ipython (PyPI): 3.2.0

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
—	ipython (PyPI)	before 3.2.0	3.2.0	Patch available	GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ipython (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.2.0 Fixed in 3.2.0 Patch available GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython::::::::	before 3.2.0	Vulnerable	ipython

cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.0 Vulnerable ·ipython

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5 ipython (PyPI) Fixed in 3.2.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4707
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-66gw-5xpf-gfp5

References

Patch 2

Advisory 5

Other 3

TI-2022-06075 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in ipython CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-10316 set_term_title command injection in ipython CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
TI-2015-04725 Cross-site request forgery in the REST API in IPython 2 and 3. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2015-03936 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPython 3.x before 3.2 allows remote… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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