CVE-2023-50164
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 92.9%Apache Struts vulnerable to path traversal
Published: 12/7/2023Modified: 2/13/2025
Also known as:GHSA-2j39-qcjm-428w
Description
An attacker can manipulate file upload params to enable paths traversal and under some circumstances this can lead to uploading a malicious file which can be used to perform Remote Code Execution. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.33 or Struts 6.3.0.2 or greater to fix this issue.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core>= 2.0.0, < 2.5.33
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50164
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/struts
- WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176157/Struts-S2-066-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- WEBhttps://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-066
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/struts/commit/162e29fee9136f4bfd9b2376da2cbf590f9ea163
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/struts/commit/d8c69691ef1d15e76a5f4fcf33039316da2340b6
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/yh09b3fkf6vz5d6jdgrlvmg60lfwtqhj
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0010
- WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/07/1
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/07/1