CVE-2016-2162

MEDIUM6.1EPSS 1.2%

Apache Struts XSS Vulnerability

Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 2/16/2024

Description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28 does not sanitize text in the Locale object constructed by I18NInterceptor, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors involving language display.

Affected packages (1)

Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.28

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References (7)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2162
PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/struts
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/struts/blob/f511034acd7b97e07d281169b38e2af40c94903d/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/I18nInterceptor.java
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/struts/commit/fc2179cf1ac9fbfb61e3430fa88b641d87253327
WEBhttp://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210123095722/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070
WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210801130539/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272