CVE-2023-41835 (GCVE-0-2023-41835)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-05 08:37
Modified
2025-11-04 19:21
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
When a Multipart request is performed but some of the fields exceed the maxStringLength  limit, the upload files will remain in struts.multipart.saveDir  even if the request has been denied. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.32 or 6.1.2.2 or Struts 6.3.0.1 or greater, which fixe this issue.
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Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Version: 2.0.0   ≤ 2.5.31
Version: 6.1.2.1   ≤ 6.3.0
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