CVE-2015-8357

medium
Published 2015-12-16 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the bitrix.xscan module before 1.0.4 for Bitrix allows remote authenticated users to rename arbitrary files, and consequently obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service, via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to admin/bitrix.xscan_worker.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38976 webapps php
High-Tech Bridge SA ยท 2015-12-14

Bitrix bitrix.xscan Module 1.0.3 - Directory Traversal

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bitrixxscan{"endIncluding":"1.0.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.