Mortbay Jetty Double Slash URI Information Disclosure Vulnerability

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-6672 · GHSA-4jjw-xrr6-9v3p · Published 08/01/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-6672 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting org.mortbay.jetty:jetty, jetty (mortbay jetty).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 6.1.7 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.mortbay.jetty:jetty Maven	`≥ 6.1.5, < 6.1.7`	`6.1.7`
jetty mortbay_jetty	`= 6.1.5= 6.1.6`	No fix yet

Description

Mortbay Jetty 6.1.5 and 6.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms and read the source of files via multiple / (slash) characters in the URI.

NVD description

Mortbay Jetty 6.1.5 and 6.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms and read the source of files via multiple '/' (slash) characters in the URI.

References

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