CVE-2023-50164
Apache Struts: File upload component had a directory traversal vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apache
Description
An attacker can manipulate file upload params to enable paths traversal and under some circumstances this can lead to uploading a malicious file which can be used to perform Remote Code Execution. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.33 or Struts 6.3.0.2 or greater to fix this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 80.8% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Struts
- affected 2.0.0 – ≤ 2.5.32
- affected 6.0.0 – ≤ 6.3.0.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-2j39-qcjm-428w (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/yh09b3fkf6vz5d6jdgrlvmg60lfwtqhj (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorymailing-listx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/07/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176157/Struts-S2-066-File-Upload-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0010/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2j39-qcjm-428w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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