CVE-2016-6795 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Struts versions 2.3.x before 2.3.31 and 2.5.x before 2.5.5, specifically within the Convention plugin. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server by crafting a specially designed URL. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.20.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.