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Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core package, versions [2,2.3.28)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.73% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTSXWORK-30799
  • published 16 Mar 2016
  • disclosed 16 Mar 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 16 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-0785 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core to version 2.3.28 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core is a generic command pattern framework. It forms the core of Struts 2.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via a %{} sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High