🛡️ CVE-2008-6505 — struts2-core

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Apache Struts directory traversal vulnerability

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%252f (encoded dot dot slash) in a URI with a /struts/ path, related to (1) FilterDispatcher in 2.0.x and (2) DefaultStaticContentLoader in 2.1.x.

Weakness class

CVE-2008-6505 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2008-6505 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.struts:struts2-core (from 2.1.0 up to 2.1.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 6 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
issues.apache.org (Web)
struts.apache.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.1.0 2.1.3

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