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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2015-4074 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla!

published 2017-09-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-4100

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
56.5%
EPSS 56.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a ticket.download_attachment task.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37666)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

56.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37666 Joomla! Component Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2015-07-21
  • Nuclei template Joomla! Helpdesk Pro plugin <1.4.0 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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