CVE-2016-0709

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 77.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export function in the Portal Site Manager in Apache Jetspeed before 2.3.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry, as demonstrated by "../../webapps/x.jsp."

Affected products

Apache Jetspeed: through 2.3.0

References

http://haxx.ml/post/140552592371/remote-code-execution-in-apache-jetspeed-230-and
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136489/Apache-Jetspeed-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/apache_jetspeed_file_upload
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/%3C281D02D0-6A03-4421-9D86-E73B001C8677%40bluesunrise.com%3E
https://portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.html#CVE-2016-0709
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39643/
http://haxx.ml/post/140552592371/remote-code-execution-in-apache-jetspeed-230-and
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136489/Apache-Jetspeed-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/apache_jetspeed_file_upload
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/%3C281D02D0-6A03-4421-9D86-E73B001C8677%40bluesunrise.com%3E
https://portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.html#CVE-2016-0709
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39643/

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