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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1830

Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to create JSP files in arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 84.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to create JSP files in arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
84.41% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 August 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
apache/activemq
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%43%85%4 November 2026: 84.41%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 84.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

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-48181source ↗Apache ActiveMQ 5.x-5.11.1 - Directory Traversal Shell Upload (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote9 March 2020yes
EDB-40857source ↗Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1/5.13.2 - Directory Traversal / Command Executionwindows · David Jormremote17 August 2015yes

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