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CVE-2008-6505

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6505 describes multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3. Attackers can exploit this by injecting encoded directory traversal sequences in URIs, allowing them to read arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32565 · Nov 4, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7252 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.0.12
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-wv7g-xhvw-8hcpmedium

Apache Struts directory traversal vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

issues.apache.org / struts/browse/WW-2779
osvdb.org / 49733
osvdb.org / 49734
secunia.com / advisories/32497
Vendor Advisory
struts.apache.org / 2.x/docs/s2-004.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32104
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3003
Vendor Advisory