CVE-2008-6505
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 72.7%EU EUVD
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%252f (encoded dot dot slash) in a URI with a /struts/ path, related to (1) FilterDispatcher in 2.0.x and (2) DefaultStaticContentLoader in 2.1.x.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 72.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5640)
- Published
- March 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5640 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
References
- http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2779
- http://osvdb.org/49733
- http://osvdb.org/49734
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32497(Vendor Advisory)
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-004.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32104(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3003(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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