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CVE-2015-3337

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, a

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.91087
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
elasticsearch<= 1.4.4
elasticsearchall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch MODERATE fixed in 1.4.5
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Public Exploits & PoCs

5
webappsElasticSearch < 1.4.5 / < 1.5.2 - Directory Traversal2015-05-18
nucleiElasticsearch - Local File Inclusionmedium
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 74353www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 37054www.exploit-db.com
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

1
et-openET WEB_SERVER ElasticSearch Directory Traversal Attempt (CVE-2015-3337)web-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD01 May 2015 · 03:59 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535385
https://www.elastic.co/community/securityPatchVendor Advisory
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