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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-3337 · published 1 May 2015

CVE-2015-3337: Elasticsearch path traversal vulnerability

Elasticsearch · Elasticsearch

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 33% · top 1.7% CWE-22 · Path traversal
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
33%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131646/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535385
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74353 Exploit
https://www.elastic.co/community/security PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37054/ Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131646/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535385
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74353 Exploit
https://www.elastic.co/community/security PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37054/ Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-3337), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.