CVE-2022-23457
Path Traversal in ESAPI
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.8%
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.
- Affected
- OWASP ESAPI · org.owasp.esapi:esapi
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 GITHUB
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile
- Published
- 2022-04-25
- Updated
- 2025-11-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- shoucheng3/ESAPI__esapi-java-legacy_CVE-2022-23457_2-2-3-10★ · 2025-08-16
Security advisories
- ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2
- ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes…