CVE-2015-2857
Accellion File Transfer Appliance before FTA_9_11_210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the oauth_token parameter.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.2%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Accellion File Transfer Appliance before FTA_9_11_210 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the oauth_token parameter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 84.18% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 July 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- accellion/file transfer appliance
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 84.2% 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 (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.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauthExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132665/Accellion-FTA-getStatus-verify_oauth_token-Command-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/http/accellion_fta_getstatus_oauthExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/07/10/r7-2015-08-accellion-file-transfer-appliance-vulnerabilities-cve-2015-2856-cve-2015-2857Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37597/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.