CVE-2016-4461
Apache Struts forced double OGNL evaluation
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4461
To remediate CVE-2016-4461, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core—upgrade to 2.3.29 or later
Is CVE-2016-4461 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.29
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |