Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core package, versions [2.2.1,2.3.28.1]
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9.41% (95th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTSXWORK-30803
- published 14 Nov 2016
- disclosed 14 Nov 2016
- credit Alvaro Munoz
Introduced: 14 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-4461 Open this link in a new tabOverview
org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Remote code Execution. The Apache Struts frameworks when forced, performs double evaluation of attributes' values assigned to certain tags so it is possible to pass in a value that will be evaluated again when a tag's attributes will be rendered.
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