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CVE-2024-53677· NVD / CVE Program· CNA apache

Apache Struts: Mixing setters for uploaded files and normal fields can allow bypass file upload checks

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 59/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 70.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.3% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts 6.4.0.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts 6.4.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

File upload logic in Apache Struts is flawed. An attacker can manipulate file upload params to enable paths traversal and under some circumstances this can lead to uploading a malicious file which can be used to perform Remote Code Execution. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 6.4.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.4.0 at least and migrate to the new file upload mechanism https://struts.apache.org/core-developers/file-upload . If you are not using an old file upload logic based on FileuploadInterceptor your application is safe. You can find more details in  https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-067

CriticalCVSS 9.5 · v4.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Dec 11, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
70.1% · 99th percentile

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Action score

59

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
38 / 40 · 9.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
21 / 30 · 70.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · apache
9.5
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:L/U:Red

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
apachestruts

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apache struts2.0.0 and later · before 6.4.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts

    • 2.0.0 and later · before 6.4.0affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-corebefore 6.4.06.4.0

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-9791The Struts 1 plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x and 2.3.x might allow remote code execution via a malicious field value passed in a raw message tKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2017-5638The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-mesKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-17530Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.KEV
    98Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-41835Dec 5, 2023 · Apache Struts: excessive disk usage
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-50164Dec 7, 2023 · Apache Struts: File upload component had a directory traversal vulnerability
    63This week
  • Later →CVE-2025-64775Dec 1, 2025 · Apache Struts: File leak in multipart request processing causes disk exhaustion (DoS)
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts6.4.0Vendor (CNA)
Maven:org.apache.struts:struts2-core6.4.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×18

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:92024-12-12
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:952024-12-13
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32024-12-17
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32024-12-17
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22024-12-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02024-12-23
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:172025-01-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-01-07
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-01-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-02-13
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-02-24
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-05-20

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoCsame day
  3. TodayOct 24, 2026+682 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
N

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:L/U:Red

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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