CVE-2015-4074
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via…
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- mitre
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Nuclei templates1 template
- Joomla! Helpdesk Pro plugin <1.4.0 - Local File Inclusion (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-4074.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! Component Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37666webapps, phppublished 21 Jul 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 37666 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 56.5% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 37666 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 75971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20151231 Joomla! plugin Helpdesk Pro < 1.4.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2015-4100 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-4074)Record last updated .