CVE-2008-6505
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Apache Struts directory traversal vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Struts 2.0.11 - Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | >=2.0.0,<2.0.12 | 2.0.12 |
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | >=2.1.0,<2.1.3 | 2.1.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6505
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/04fcefa44bae1263c7cad6986a9dafed67f0164f
- https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/1f1c996eb1f0f3e2193fba0075f62ccd04e3c0c3
- https://github.com/apache/struts
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081208214512/http://secunia.com/advisories/32497
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111025094319/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32104
- http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2779
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-004.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.