CVE-2015-1368

Ansible Tower < 2.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple API Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-1368. PoCs published by SEC Consult.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The advisory details multiple vulnerabilities in Ansible Tower <=2.0.2, including privilege escalation via the 'is_superuser' parameter, reflected XSS in API endpoints, and unauthenticated WebSocket connections leading to information leakage. Proof-of-concept requests and steps are provided for each vulnerability.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) order_by parameter to credentials/, (2) inventories/, (3) projects/, or (4) users/3/permissions/ in api/v1/ or the (5) next_run parameter to api/v1/schedules/.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by SEC Consult · textwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786

The advisory details multiple vulnerabilities in Ansible Tower <=2.0.2, including privilege escalation via the 'is_superuser' parameter, reflected XSS in API endpoints, and unauthenticated WebSocket connections leading to information leakage. Proof-of-concept requests and steps are provided for each vulnerability.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Lpe | Xss | Info Leak | Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Ansible Tower <=2.0.2
Auth required
Prerequisites: Organization admin access for privilege escalation · Network access to the target for XSS and WebSocket exploitation
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99924
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/116963
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/116962
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/116961
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72023
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/116964
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/116965
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786

Scores

EPSS 0.0515
EPSS Percentile 91.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
ansible/tower < 2.0.2
Published Jan 27, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026