CVE-2004-1857

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in setinfo.hts in HP Web Jetadmin 7.5.2546 allows remote authenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the setinclude parameter.

Published: 2004-03-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1857 is rated Exploit Available (52.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.24%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1857

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23879 exploit_db edb 2004-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
23880 exploit_db edb 2004-03-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1857

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-04 80.10% 68.24% -11.86%
2 2025-09-08 78.04% 80.10% +2.06%
3 2025-03-30 — 78.04% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp web_jetadmin 7.5.2546 cpe:2.3:a:hp:web_jetadmin:7.5.2546:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1857

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