CVE-2015-4027

HIGH 7.2CVE-2015-4027 · Published 17/12/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-4027 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting web vulnerability scanner (acunetix).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
web vulnerability scanner acunetix	`≤ 10`	No fix yet

Description

The AcuWVSSchedulerv10 service in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) before 10 build 20151125 allows local users to gain privileges via a command parameter in the reporttemplate property in a params JSON object to api/addScan.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/134602/Acunetix-WVS-10-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
acunetix.com/blog/releases/acunetix-10-build-includes-security-checks-in-cors-configurations · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/38847 · Exploit

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