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CVE-2015-8400
The HTTPS fallback implementation in Shell In A Box (aka shellinabox) before 2.19 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS…
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The HTTPS fallback implementation in Shell In A Box (aka shellinabox) before 2.19 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks via the "/plain" URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/releases/tag/v2.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-463143720f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151202 Re: shellinabox - DNS rebinding attack due to HTTP fallback (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-1c773e8702 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/issues/355 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151202 shellinabox - DNS rebinding attack due to HTTP fallback (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-8282 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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