CVE-2015-1830

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the fileserver upload/download functionality for blob messages in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.11.2 for Windows allows remote attackers to create JSP files in arbitrary directories via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-08-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1830 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.02%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1830

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
48181 exploit_db edb 2020-03-09 Exploit-DB ↗
40857 exploit_db edb 2015-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1830

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 2025-11-25 87.48% 86.02% -1.46%
2 2025-10-10 88.00% 87.48% -0.53%
3 2025-06-13 88.00%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1830

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1830

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-1830

GHSA-3v63-f83x-37x4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache ActiveMQ

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1830

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-1830 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (activemq), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1830
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1830 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (activemq), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): not-affected 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1830

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1830

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache activemq 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache activemq 5.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1830

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