VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4461

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability8.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references