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CVE-2016-6795

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.3.20, 2.3.20.1, 2.3.20.2, 2.3.20.3, 2.3.21, 2.3.22 (+12)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93773
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-042.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93773
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-042.html

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