CVE-2015-1830
Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 84.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache ActiveMQ 5.x-5.11.1 Directory Traversal Shell Upload (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/apache_activemq_traversal_uploadRank excellentdisclosed 19 Aug 2015
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apache ActiveMQ 5.x-5.11.1 - Directory Traversal Shell Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48181remote, windowspublished 9 Mar 2020Verified
- Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1/5.13.2 - Directory Traversal / Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40857remote, windowspublished 17 Aug 2015Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 84.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-clientGHSA-3v63-f83x-37x4 (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-1830-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 76452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-407 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-407/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1033315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156643/Apache-ActiveMQ-5.11.1-Directory-Traversal-Shell-Upload.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2240 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3v63-f83x-37x4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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