osTicket 1.10.1 provides a functionality to upload 'html' files with associated formats. However, it does not properly validate the uploaded file's contents and thus accepts any type of file, such as with a tickets.php request that is modified with a .html extension changed to a .exe extension. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to upload arbitrary files on the web application having malicious content.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-15580 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.84%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45169 | exploit_db | edb | 2018-08-08 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-12-22 | 38.44% | 35.84% | -2.60% |
| 2 | 2025-05-09 | 39.55% | 38.44% | -1.11% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 39.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.0 | CRITICAL |
|
3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://0day.today/exploits/28864 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://nakedsecurity.com/cve/CVE-2017-15580/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://becomepentester.blogspot.com/2017/10/osTicket-File-Upload-Restrictions-Bypassed-CVE-2017-15580.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017100187 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144747/osticket1101-shell.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.cyber-security.ro/blog/2017/10/25/osticket-1-10-1-shell-upload/ | Broken Link |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45169/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |