vulnerability

Apache Struts: S2-042 (CVE-2016-6795): Security updates available for Apache Struts

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 20, 2017
Added
Jan 19, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

In the Convention plugin 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.

Solutions

apache-struts-upgrade-2_3_31apache-struts-upgrade-2_5_5
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