GHSA-44hv-jjx7-qfjg

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    GHSA-44hv-jjx7-qfjg

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-6795

    Summary: Path Traversal in Apache Struts

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6795, https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/8e67b9144aa643769b261e2492cb561e04d016ab, https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/c1869f4989942dd33fa4e189e0ac1f766fb5ac14, https://github.com/apache/struts, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003, https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-042.html, https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214705/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93773

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-convention-plugin

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.3.0
    Fixed -2.3.31

    Affected versions

    2.3.1
    2.3.1.1
    2.3.1.2
    2.3.12
    2.3.14
    2.3.14.1
    2.3.14.2
    2.3.14.3
    2.3.15
    2.3.15.1
    2.3.15.2
    2.3.15.3
    2.3.16
    2.3.16.1
    2.3.16.2
    2.3.16.3
    2.3.20
    2.3.20.1
    2.3.20.3
    2.3.24
    2.3.24.1
    2.3.24.3
    2.3.28
    2.3.28.1
    2.3.29
    2.3.3
    2.3.30
    2.3.4
    2.3.4.1
    2.3.7
    2.3.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High