Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.3 DiskFileItem File Manipulation Remote Code Execution
Priority HIGH 73CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.3 DiskFileItem File Manipulation Remote Code Execution
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.32739 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven): 1.3.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) | before 1.3.3 | 1.3.3 | Patch available | GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.3.3 Fixed in 1.3.3 Patch available GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) Fixed in 1.3.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 11 products
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6
- Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
- Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3
- Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
- Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1000031
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m
- 2026-10-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Advisory 8
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1399
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-570/
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-30
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-12
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FILEUPLOAD-279
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000031
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m
Other 21
- [announce] 20181105 [SECURITY] Immediately upgrade commons-fileupload to version 1.3.3 when running Struts 2.3.36 or prior
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001/
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4812
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d66657323fd25e437face5e84899c8ca404ccd187e81c3f2fa8b6080@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-570
More Apache Commons Fileupload vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-00048 MultipartStream.java in Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.1, as used in Apache Tomcat… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-10471 Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Tomcat: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-02591 The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-31104 Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part headers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-00182 The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-1000031 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-1000031 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7x9j-7223-rg5m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-1000031 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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