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High · 8.1 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2014-3120 EUVD-2022-5879GHSA-mrfm-jxgf-2h6v

Elasticsearch Improper Access Control vulnerability

Published Jul 28, 2014 · Updated Oct 22, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Package: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Ecosystem: Maven

Description

The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE: this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own independent virtual machine.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 5 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch < 1.4.0.Beta1 1.4.0.Beta1 GHSA-mrfm-jxgf-2h6v

References