MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-4071

Helpdesk Pro vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
9.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The Helpdesk Pro Plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read the support tickets of arbitrary users via obtaining the target ticketId, and navigating to http://{target}/component/helpdeskpro/?view=ticket&id={ticketId}.
Affected vendor
Helpdesk Pro Project
Affected product
Helpdesk Pro
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2017-08-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 9.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-4071

  • Confirm whether Helpdesk Pro Project Helpdesk Pro is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-4071.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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