Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1561

RCE

Title: Centreon RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-1561

CWE Category CWE-77

Published Date Jul 14, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-1561: The escape_command function in include/Administration/corePerformance/getStats.php in Centreon (formerly Merethis Centreon) 2.5.4 and earlier (fixed in Centreon 19.10.0) uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ns_id parameter.

Impacted Vendors

centreon 1

merethis 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132607/Merethis-Centreon-2.5.4-SQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535961/100/0/threaded https://forge.centreon.com/projects/centreon/repository/revisions/387dffdd051dbc7a234e1138a9d06f3089bb55bb https://github.com/centreon/centreon/commit/a78c60aad6fd5af9b51a6d5de5d65560ea37a98a#diff-27550b563fa8d660b64bca871a219cb1 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132607/Merethis-Centreon-2.5.4-SQL-Injection-Remote-Command-Execution.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535961/100/0/threaded https://forge.centreon.com/projects/centreon/repository/revisions/387dffdd051dbc7a234e1138a9d06f3089bb55bb https://github.com/centreon/centreon/commit/a78c60aad6fd5af9b51a6d5de5d65560ea37a98a#diff-27550b563fa8d660b64bca871a219cb1

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1561 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37528

View Code

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 14, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.