CVE-2015-4074

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 56.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Helpdesk Pro Project Helpdesk Pro: through 1.3.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jul/102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75971
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/

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