CVE-2016-4461

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Struts
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2017

Summary

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91277
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https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004/
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EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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