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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS00NGh2LWpqeDctcWZqZ84AATQy

Path Traversal in Apache Struts

In Apache Struts 2.3.x before 2.3.31, and 2.5.x before 2.5.5, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used for path traversal and execution of arbitrary code on server side. This vulnerability is only exploitable when using the Struts 2 Convention plugin in conjunction with Apache Struts.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44hv-jjx7-qfjg
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS00NGh2LWpqeDctcWZqZ84AATQy
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: 11 months ago


CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.02019
EPSS Percentile: 0.89153

Identifiers: GHSA-44hv-jjx7-qfjg, CVE-2016-6795
References: Repository: https://github.com/apache/struts
Blast Radius: 31.7

Affected Packages

maven:org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin
Dependent packages: 29
Dependent repositories: 1,728
Downloads:
Affected Version Ranges: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.5, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.31
Fixed in: 2.5.5, 2.3.31
All affected versions: 2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.12, 2.3.14, 2.3.15, 2.3.16, 2.3.20, 2.3.24, 2.3.28, 2.3.29, 2.3.30, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
All unaffected versions: 2.1.6, 2.1.8, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.3.31, 2.3.32, 2.3.33, 2.3.34, 2.3.35, 2.3.36, 2.3.37, 2.5.5, 2.5.8, 2.5.10, 2.5.12, 2.5.13, 2.5.14, 2.5.16, 2.5.17, 2.5.18, 2.5.20, 2.5.22, 2.5.25, 2.5.26, 2.5.27, 2.5.28, 2.5.29, 2.5.30, 2.5.31, 2.5.32, 2.5.33, 6.0.0, 6.0.3, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.7.0