GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj Apache Struts forced double OGNL evaluation

HIGH Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2025-04-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-4461
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.struts:struts2-core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-74
Reviewed
2025-04-23

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core: >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.29 → fixed in 2.3.29

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-4461 Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References