🛡️ CVE-2016-6795 — struts2-convention-plugin

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-6795 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-2016-6795 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin (from 2.5.0 up to 2.5.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 19 February 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)
security.netapp.com (Web)
struts.apache.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin 2.5.0 2.5.5

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