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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-5301

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.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 78.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 78.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
78.38% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 January 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
manageengine/servicedesk plus · manageengine/assetexplorer · manageengine/supportcenter · manageengine/it360
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%40%80%21 September 2026: 73.17%22 September 2026: 78.38%26 October 2026: 78.38%21 September 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 73.2% on 21 September 2026 to 78.4% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35845source ↗ManageEngine (Multiple Products) - (Authenticated) Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)java · Metasploitremote20 January 2015yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.