CVE-2015-3000

SysAid < 15.1 - Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-3000.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed technical writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk 14.4, including administrator account creation, file upload via directory traversal, arbitrary file download, path disclosure, hard-coded cryptographic key usage, and SQL injection. The writeup provides specific technical details, such as affected endpoints, payloads, and constraints for each vulnerability.

Description

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an XML document to (1) /agententry, (2) /rdsmonitoringresponse, or (3) /androidactions, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
webappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43885

This is a detailed technical writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk 14.4, including administrator account creation, file upload via directory traversal, arbitrary file download, path disclosure, hard-coded cryptographic key usage, and SQL injection. The writeup provides specific technical details, such as affected endpoints, payloads, and constraints for each vulnerability.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SysAid Help Desk 14.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system · Specific versions of Java for some vulnerabilities
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535679/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75038

Scores

EPSS 0.0803
EPSS Percentile 94.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
sysaid/sysaid < 15.1
Published Jun 08, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026