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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-15215

Reflected XSS vulnerability in Shaarli v0.9.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject JavaScript via the searchtags parameter to index.php. If the victim is an administrator, an attacker can (for example) take over the admin session or change global settings or add/delete links. It is also possible to execute JavaScript against unauthenticated users.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-15215

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Oct 2017, 01:32 UTC

Reflected XSS vulnerability in Shaarli v0.9.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject JavaScript via the searchtags parameter to index.php. If the victim is an administrator, an attacker can (for example) take over the admin session or change global settings or add/delete links. It is also possible to execute JavaScript against unauthenticated users.

osv:CVE-2017-15215
Complete source record
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