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Apache Struts: S2-036 (CVE-2016-4461): Security updates available for Apache Struts

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Apache Struts: S2-036 (CVE-2016-4461): Security updates available for Apache Struts

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/16/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2017
Modified
12/31/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • apache-struts-upgrade-2_3_29
  • apache-struts-upgrade-2_5_1

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