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title: "CVE-2015-6584\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6584

Publication date 11 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plugin 1.10.8
and earlier for jQuery allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via the scripts parameter to
media/unit\_testing/templates/6776.php.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| datatables.js | 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6584)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6584)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6584)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6584)

### Other references

* <http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536437/100/0/threaded>
* <https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-6384-xss-vulnerability-identified-in-datatables/>
* <https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables/issues/602>
* <https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/ccf86dc5982bd8e16d>
* <https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6584>