{"id":"CVE-2022-23457","aliases":["GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23457","summary":"Path Traversal in ESAPI","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.","published":"2022-04-25T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-07-15T01:49:21.416411610Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.owasp.esapi:esapi","fixedVersion":"2.3.0.0"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23457.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23457"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-15T01:49:21.416411610Z"}}