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CVE-2016-4003

Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts

Also known as GHSA-m3x6-9v6h-4g28

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.6%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URLDecoder function in JRE before 1.8, as used in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28, when using a single byte page encoding, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multi-byte characters in a url-encoded parameter.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.28
2.3.28

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • struts.apache.org /docs/s2-028.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/86311 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035268 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • issues.apache.org /jira/browse/WW-4507 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4003 · advisory
  • github.com /apache/struts/commit/4720f46a63caaf9db97ba27dc51ac5ad21e66bdc · web
  • github.com /apache/struts/commit/5421930b49822606792f36653b17d3d95ef106f9 · web
  • github.com /apache/struts/commit/72471d7075681bea52046645ad7aa34e9c53751e · web
  • github.com /apache/struts/commit/76f188406eb9f17a06afcb5f49f0c44d749da0d2 · web
  • github.com /apache/struts/commit/a89bbe22cd2461748d595a89a254de888a415e6c · web
  • github.com /apache/struts · package
  • web.archive.org /web/20161119142317/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86311 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20161221184936/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035268 · web

Sources

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