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S2-042
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## Summary

Possible path traversal in the Convention plugin

Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users
Impact of vulnerability | Possible path traversal in the Convention plugin in Struts 2.3.20 - 2.3.30
Maximum security rating | High
Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.3.31 or to any version of Struts 2.5
Affected Software | Struts 2.3.20 - Struts 2.3.31
Reporter | Takeshi Terada of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.
CVE Identifier | CVE-2016-6795

## Problem

It is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used for path traversal and execution of arbitrary code on server side.

## Solution

Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.3.31 when you are using Struts 2.3.20 - 2.3.30 with the Convention plugin.

## Backward compatibility

No backward incompatibility issues are expected.

## Workaround

There is no known workaround for this vulnerability, please upgrade to the mentioned Struts versions.