CVE-2016-6795: Path Traversal

September 20, 2017 (updated August 12, 2019)

In the Convention plugin in Apache Struts, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used for path traversal and execution of arbitrary code on server side.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93773
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6795
struts.apache.org/docs/s2-042.html

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