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GET /api/vulnerabilities/43821?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/43821?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-x8h4-av18-cbgs", "summary": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')\nDirectory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2015-5531" }, { "alias": "GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/62954?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@1.6.1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6eke-3z1k-yqfp" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@1.6.1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/62953?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@1.6.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6eke-3z1k-yqfp" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-x8h4-av18-cbgs" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@1.6.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5531.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5531.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5531", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.92032", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.99717", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5531" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/df1427a2935237fb61fc641984f9c76478627fec", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/df1427a2935237fb61fc641984f9c76478627fec" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security/", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security/" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244238", "reference_id": "1244238", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244238" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531", "reference_id": "CVE-2015-5531", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/webapps/38383.py", "reference_id": "CVE-2015-5531;OSVDB-124882", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/webapps/38383.py" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4", "reference_id": "GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 22, "name": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')", "description": "The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." } ], "exploits": [ { "date_added": null, "description": "'This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in\n ElasticSearch, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files\n with JVM process privileges, through the Snapshot API.'", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": "Reliability:\n - unknown-reliability\nStability:\n - unknown-stability\nSideEffects:\n - unknown-side-effects\n", "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": null, "exploit_type": null, "platform": "", "source_date_updated": null, "data_source": "Metasploit", "source_url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_traversal.rb" }, { "date_added": "2015-10-02", "description": "ElasticSearch 1.6.0 - Arbitrary File Download", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": null, "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": "2015-10-02", "exploit_type": "webapps", "platform": "linux", "source_date_updated": "2015-10-02", "data_source": "Exploit-DB", "source_url": "" } ], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "2.0", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 10.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-x8h4-av18-cbgs" }