PT-2016-7114

CVE-2016-6795

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Published

2016-10-05

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Updated

2022-05-14

Description by

CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Struts versions 2.3.x through 2.3.30 Apache Struts versions 2.5.x through 2.5.4
Description A path traversal issue in Apache Struts allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server side using a specially crafted URL. This issue is related to the Convention plugin and is only exploitable when this plugin is used in conjunction with Apache Struts.
Recommendations For Apache Struts versions 2.3.x through 2.3.30, update to version 2.3.31 or later. For Apache Struts versions 2.5.x through 2.5.4, update to version 2.5.5 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-6795
GHSA-44HV-JJX7-QFJG
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