# CVE-2015-5215: The default configuration of the Jinja templating engine used in the Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not e

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Ipsilon: 0.1.0 before 1.0.1

## Description

The default configuration of the Jinja templating engine used in the Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not enable auto-escaping, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via template variables. NOTE: This may be a duplicate of CVE-2015-5216. Moreover, the Jinja development team does not enable auto-escape by default for performance issues as explained in https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/master/faq/#why-is-autoescaping-not-the-default.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Ipsilon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://pagure.io/ipsilon/a503aa9c2a30a74e709d1c88099befd50fb2eb16
- https://fedorahosted.org/ipsilon/wiki/Releases/v1.0.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/23/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255168

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