SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) create…

Description

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) create administrator accounts via a crafted request to /createnewaccount or (2) write to arbitrary files via the fileName parameter to /userentry.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

55.1% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• 20150603 [Multiple CVE's]: various critical vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk (RCE, file download, DoS, etc) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20150603 [Multiple CVE's]: various critical vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk (RCE, file download, DoS, etc) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 75038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://www.sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 05:32 UTC.