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Vulnerability details: VCID-q42n-qbjb-c7e1
Vulnerability ID VCID-q42n-qbjb-c7e1
Aliases CVE-2015-0269
GHSA-4r6g-xhx7-fm36
Summary Path Traversal Directory traversal vulnerability in Contao allows remote authenticated `back end` users to view files outside their file mounts or the document root via unspecified vectors.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.0046 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-0269
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_2_19.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_2_19.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_4_4.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_4_4.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://contao.org/en/news/directory-traversal-vulnerability-cve-2015-0269.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://contao.org/en/news/directory-traversal-vulnerability-cve-2015-0269.html
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/contao/core
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/contao/core
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/contao/core/commit/0229e839b4849e402256b972eb62f89f2c29674d
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/contao/core/commit/0229e839b4849e402256b972eb62f89f2c29674d
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2015-0269.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2015-0269.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0269
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0269
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-0269
https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_2_19.html
https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_4_4.html
https://contao.org/en/news/directory-traversal-vulnerability-cve-2015-0269.html
https://github.com/contao/core
https://github.com/contao/core/commit/0229e839b4849e402256b972eb62f89f2c29674d
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2015-0269.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0269
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_2_19.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_4_4.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://contao.org/en/news/directory-traversal-vulnerability-cve-2015-0269.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/contao/core
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/contao/core/commit/0229e839b4849e402256b972eb62f89f2c29674d
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2015-0269.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0269
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.64431
EPSS Score 0.0046
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:52:48.725274+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/contao/core/CVE-2015-0269.yml 38.6.0