Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
Exploits (5)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Pedro Andujar · pythonwebappslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383
metasploit
WORKING POC
by Benjamin Smith · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_traversal.rb
Nuclei Templates (1)
ElasticSearch <1.6.1 - Local File Inclusion
MEDIUMby princechaddha
FOFA:
index_not_found_exception
References (7)
Scores
EPSS
0.9203
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Lab Environment
COMMUNITY
Community Lab
+1 more repos
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2025-05-27
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
elasticsearch/elasticsearch
< 1.6.0
org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch
0 - 1.6.1Maven
Published
Aug 17, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026