Path Traversal in ESAPI

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  "id": "2df0748e5dd02a4dd9192480ecc515f21af0945f17b879ca00862e99cb6195fe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23457",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Path Traversal in ESAPI",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-23457",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-23457",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-23457",
        "GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/esapi/esapi-java-legacy",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                }
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              "database_specific": {
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                        "introduced": "2.3.0.0"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "2.3.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:owasp:enterprise_security_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "2.3.0.0"
                      }
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                  }
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23457.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.983815557Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23457.json",
        "https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23457",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014/",
        "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-22"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23457.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-23457",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517370,
  "published_at": "2022-04-25T00:00:00+00:00"
}