ubuntu-cve-2022-23457
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-04-25 20:15
Modified
2026-04-17 09:00
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "details": "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 \u0027input\u0027 path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one\u0027s own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23457",
  "modified": "2026-04-17T09:00:18Z",
  "published": "2022-04-25T20:15:00Z",
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}



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