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CVE-2020-13953
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-552
Description
In Apache Tapestry from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0, crafting specific URLs, an attacker can download files inside the WEB-INF folder of the WAR being run.
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Tapestry: from 5.4.0 before 5.6.4; from 5.7.0 before 5.7.2 — fixed in 5.6.4, 5.7.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Tapestry 5.6.4, 5.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37dab61fc7f7088d4311e7f995ef4117d58d86a675f0256caa6991eb%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50eb12e8a12074a9b7ed63cbab91d180d19cc23dc1da3ed5b6e1280f%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37dab61fc7f7088d4311e7f995ef4117d58d86a675f0256caa6991eb%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50eb12e8a12074a9b7ed63cbab91d180d19cc23dc1da3ed5b6e1280f%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E
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