Path Traversal in ESAPI (OWASP ESAPI org.owasp.esapi:esapi)

CVE-2022-23457

HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 2.85 % · percentile 87 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-04-25 00:00 UTC
Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26 UTC
Assigner: GitHub_M
NVD status: Modified

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Description

ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, the default implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one's own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2 — Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-1678
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-23457

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2022-AVI-659 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle WebLogic · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:owasp:enterprise_security_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 2.3.0.0
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:14.1.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
OWASP ESAPI · org.owasp.esapi:esapi	affected 2.3.0.0 < 2.3.0.0

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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