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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6795

CVE-2016-6795

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-pluginMaven
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.312.3.31
org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-pluginMaven
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.52.5.5

Affected products

20
  • Apache/Struts19 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 2.3.x before 2.3.31
  • ghsa-coords
    pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-convention-plugin
    Range: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.31

Patches

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