CVE-2015-3337

MediumPublished

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to read...

Published: May 1, 2015
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: May 18, 2015

Primary CVSS

4.3/ 10Medium

nvd · CVSS 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS probability estimate

32.9%

Moderate · next 30 days

Percentile: 98.3%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Sources

CVE-2015-3337PoC
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2015-3337 enabling arbitrary file read on ElasticSearch servers via path traversal in the head plugin.
ElasticSearch < 1.4.5 / < 1.5.2 - Directory TraversalExploit
pandujar · php · May 18, 2015

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