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Command Injection Affecting org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core package, versions [2.0.0, 2.3.20.2) [2.3.24, 2.3.24.2) [2.3.28, 2.3.28.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    97.52% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTSXWORK-451611
  • published 22 Apr 2016
  • disclosed 22 Apr 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-3081 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-77 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core to version 2.3.20.2, 2.3.24.2, 2.3.28.1 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 Command Injection. When Dynamic Method Invocation was enabled, a remote attackers could execute arbitrary code via the prefix method, related to chained expressions.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

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