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Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core package, versions [2.2.1,2.3.28.1]

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    9.41% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTSXWORK-30803
  • published 14 Nov 2016
  • disclosed 14 Nov 2016
  • credit Alvaro Munoz
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Introduced: 14 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-4461 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

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.

CVSS Scores

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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