CVE-2011-1772
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.6
Description
Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Struts 2.0.0 < 2.2.1.1 - XWork 's:submit' HTML Tag Cross-Site Scripting
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.struts:struts2-core | <2.2.3 | 2.2.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | struts | 2.0.0 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.1 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.2 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.3 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.4 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.5 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.6 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.7 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.8 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.9 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.10 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.11 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.11.1 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.11.2 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.12 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.13 | |
| apache | struts | 2.0.14 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.0 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.1 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.2 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.3 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.4 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.5 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.6 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.8 | |
| apache | struts | 2.1.8.1 | |
| apache | struts | 2.2.1 | |
| apache | struts | 2.2.1.1 | |
| opensymphony | webwork | | |
| opensymphony | xwork | | |
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784
- http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1772
- https://github.com/apache/struts
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.