CVE-2008-6505

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 72.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

Apache Struts: 2.0.6, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.11, 2.0.11.1, 2.0.11.2 (+1)

References

http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2779
http://osvdb.org/49733
http://osvdb.org/49734
http://secunia.com/advisories/32497
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32104
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3003
http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2779
http://osvdb.org/49733
http://osvdb.org/49734
http://secunia.com/advisories/32497
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-004.html

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