{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.opensymphony:xwork. It affects 2 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6504 exists.","fix":"Upgrade com.opensymphony:xwork to a fixed version for your release line: 2.0.6 or 2.1.2.","what":"CVE-2008-6504 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache Struts, published on 23 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6504 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-6504 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache Struts, published on 23 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6504 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- com.opensymphony:xwork (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.0.6\n- com.opensymphony:xwork (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.0.6\n- com.opensymphony:xwork (Maven): affected from 2.1.0; fixed in 2.1.2\n- com.opensymphony:xwork (Maven): affected from 2.1.0; fixed in 2.1.2\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6504/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-6504","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6504/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-6504","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Java web framework","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OGNL statements and modify server-side context objects in XWork/Struts applications.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"struts","vendor":"apache"},{"product":"xwork","vendor":"opensymphony"}],"cvss":{"score":5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"ParametersInterceptor in OpenSymphony XWork 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2, as used in Apache Struts and other products, does not properly restrict # (pound sign) references to context objects, which allows remote attackers to execute Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) statements and modify server-side context objects, as demonstrated by use of a \\u0023 representation for the # character.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2008-11-04","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2008-11-04","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"32564","stars":null,"title":"XWork \u003c 2.0.11.2 - 'ParameterInterceptor' Class OGNL Security Bypass"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Improper Input Validation in OpenSymphony XWork","id":"CVE-2008-6504","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"apache:struts","products":["apache:struts"],"type":"code_injection","year":"2008"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Apache Struts directory traversal vulnerability","id":"CVE-2008-6505"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["2.0.6"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.opensymphony:xwork","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["2.0.6"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.opensymphony:xwork","purl":"pkg:maven/com.opensymphony/xwork","source":"GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["2.1.2"],"introduced":["2.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.opensymphony:xwork","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["2.1.2"],"introduced":["2.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.opensymphony:xwork","purl":"pkg:maven/com.opensymphony/xwork","source":"GHSA-wxw2-2mx5-c5qf"}],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-6503"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2009-03-23","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Struts Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2020-17530","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-12-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Struts 1 Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2017-9791","kev_date_added":"2022-02-10","published":"2017-07-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Struts Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-5638","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2017-03-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Apache Struts 2 Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2012-0391","kev_date_added":"2022-01-21","published":"2012-01-08"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Apache Struts Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2018-11776","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2018-08-22"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Apache Struts Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2017-9805","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2017-09-15"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Apache Struts Command Injection","id":"CVE-2016-3081","kev_date_added":"2026-10-08","published":"2016-04-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OGNL statements and modify server-side context objects in XWork/Struts applications.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6504/"}