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CVE-2015-4632

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 51.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Koha 3.14.x before 3.14.16, 3.16.x before 3.16.12, 3.18.x before 3.18.08, and 3.20.x before 3.20.1 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (dot dot encoded slash) in the template_path parameter to (1) svc/virtualshelves/search or (2) svc/members/search.

Affected products

• Koha Community Koha: from 3.14.00 before 3.14.16; from 3.16.00 before 3.16.12; from 3.18.00 before 3.18.08; from 3.20.00 before 3.20.01 — fixed in 3.14.16, 3.16.12, 3.18.08, 3.20.01

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Koha Community Koha 3.14.16, 3.16.12, 3.18.08, 3.20.01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14408
• https://koha-community.org/koha-3-14-16-released/
• https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-16-12/
• https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-18-8/
• https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-20-1/
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132458/Koha-ILS-3.20.x-CSRF-XSS-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/80
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37388/
• https://www.sba-research.org/2015/06/24/researchers-of-sba-research-found-several-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-the-koha-library-software-via-combinatorial-testing/
• https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14408
• https://koha-community.org/koha-3-14-16-released/
• https://koha-community.org/security-release-koha-3-16-12/

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