CVE-2015-1481
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain...
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.
- Record
CVE-2015-1481- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.
- Record
CVE-2015-1481- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-1616 No score
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.
- Record
EUVD-2015-1616- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mv5f-9r7g-hr97 No score
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain...
Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.
- Record
GHSA-mv5f-9r7g-hr97- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Ansible Tower 2.0.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2015-01-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-1481 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ansible Tower, published February 4, 2015. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.14%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/129944/Ansible-Tower-2.0.2-XSS-Privilege-Escalation-Authentication-Missing.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52
sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150113-1_Ansible-Tower_multiple-vulnerabilities_v10.txt
exploit-db.com/exploits/35786
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1481
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mv5f-9r7g-hr97