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title: "CVE-2015-8795\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-8795

Publication date 15 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8795?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Admin UI in
Apache Solr before 5.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via crafted fields that are mishandled during the rendering
of the (1) Analysis page, related to webapp/web/js/scripts/analysis.js or
(2) Schema-Browser page, related to
webapp/web/js/scripts/schema-browser.js.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8795?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| lucene-solr | 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

SOLR 4.x and newer

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8795)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8795)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8795)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8795)

### Other references

* <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-7346>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8795>