CVE-2023-50164

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-50164?

Upgrade struts to 6.3.0.2 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-50164 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-50164 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 80.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-50164?

CVE-2023-50164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-50164 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for struts (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.33 or Struts 6.3.0.2 or greater to fix this issue.

CWE-552

How to fix

Remediation Available

strutsNVD

Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.3.0.2Fixed in:6.3.0.2CVE-2023-50164derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

80.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.apache.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-17519	High	7.5	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-11371	High	7.5	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2016-3715	Medium	5.5	75%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-15175	High	7.4	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-39316	High	7.5	66%	-	-
CVE-2017-14942	Critical	9.8	61%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-50164?

Upgrade struts to 6.3.0.2 or later.

Is CVE-2023-50164 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-50164 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 80.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-50164?

CVE-2023-50164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-50164 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for struts (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-02-13.