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high 8.8

CVE-2014-5301 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in ServiceDesk Plus MSP v5 to v9.0 v9030; AssetExplorer v4 to v6.1; SupportCenter v5 to v7.9; IT360 v8 to…

published 2017-08-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-5192

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
78.4%
EPSS 78.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in ServiceDesk Plus MSP v5 to v9.0 v9030; AssetExplorer v4 to v6.1; SupportCenter v5 to v7.9; IT360 v8 to v10.4.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/manageengine_auth_upload)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

78.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/manageengine_auth_upload ManageEngine Multiple Products Authenticated File Upload metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-12-15
  • EDB-35845 ManageEngine (Multiple Products) - (Authenticated) Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) remote, 2015-01-20
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130020/ManageEngine-Multiple-Products-Authenticated-File-Upload.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129806/ManageEngine-Shell-Upload-Directory-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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