# CVE-2024-53677: Apache Struts: Mixing setters for uploaded files and normal fields can allow bypass file upload checks

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-11
- CVSS: 9.5 CRITICAL (v4.0)
- EPSS: 72.4% (99th percentile)

File upload logic in Apache Struts is flawed. 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.

This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 6.4.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.4.0 at least and migrate to the new  file upload mechanism https://struts.apache.org/core-developers/file-upload . If you are not using an old file upload logic based on FileuploadInterceptor your application is safe.

You can find more details in  https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-067

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-01-13 | 33 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-01-21 | 41 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-01-13 · new · rule f40ce742be534ba19d610961ce6311bb · default Block
  > Apache Struts - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-53677. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-01-13-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-01-21 · new · rule 200007081
  > Added: signature 200007081 "Apache Struts 2 File Upload" (Path Traversal, risk High), systems: Apache Struts. References: CVE-2024-53677.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog
- 2025-03-11 · new · rule 200007081
  > Added: signature 200007081 "Apache Struts 2 File Upload" (Path Traversal, risk High), systems: Apache Struts. References: CVE-2024-53677.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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