{"id":"CVE-2015-5594","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5594","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:54:45.391Z","title":"The sanitize_string function in ZenPhoto before 1.4.9 utilized the html_entity_decode function after input sanitation, which might allow remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) via a crafted string.","description":"The sanitize_string function in ZenPhoto before 1.4.9 utilized the html_entity_decode function after input sanitation, which might allow remote attackers to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) via a crafted string.","published":"2017-07-25T18:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:29:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["zenphoto/zenphoto"],"epss":{"score":0.01874,"percentile":0.79233,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2015-07-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37602,"kind":"exploit","title":"ZenPhoto 1.4.8 - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37602","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/37602.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/37602.txt","published":"2015-07-13","added":"2015-07-13","updated":"2015-07-13","author":"Tim Coen","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2015-5595","CVE-2015-5594","CVE-2015-5591","OSVDB-124783","OSVDB-124461","OSVDB-124460","OSVDB-124459","OSVDB-124458"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comzenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.8.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-5594","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-5594","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/18/3","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zenphoto.org/news/zenphoto-1.4.9","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://software-talk.org/blog/2015/07/second-order-sql-injection-reflected-xss-path-traversal-function-execution-vulnerability-zenphoto/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5594","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}