{"id":"CVE-2015-4074","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-4074","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T04:28:58.918Z","title":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a ticket.download_attachment task.","published":"2017-09-20T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:26:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["helpdesk pro project/helpdesk pro"],"epss":{"score":0.5651,"percentile":0.99061,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.26828,"percentile":0.97987},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.5651,"percentile":0.99014}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2015-07-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37666,"kind":"exploit","title":"Joomla! Component Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/37666.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/37666.txt","published":"2015-07-21","added":"2015-07-21","updated":"2016-12-19","author":"Simon Rawet","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2015-4075","CVE-2015-4074","CVE-2015-4073","CVE-2015-4072","CVE-2015-4071","OSVDB-124917","OSVDB-124916","OSVDB-124915","OSVDB-124914","OSVDB-124913"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.5651,"from":0.26828,"percentile":0.99014},"summary":"EPSS moved from 26.8% to 56.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.26828,"from":0.5651,"percentile":0.97987},"summary":"EPSS moved from 56.5% to 26.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4074","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}