What is GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j?

GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Apache Struts XSS Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j cover?

GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-2162. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j?

GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j?

GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j affects 1 product, including: maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:\u003e= 2.0.0, \u003c 2.3.28.

GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236jMediumCVSS 6.1

Apache Struts XSS Vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

December 28, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-2162 →

📋 Description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28 does not sanitize text in the Locale object constructed by I18NInterceptor, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors involving language display.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core:>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.28

🔗 References (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2162
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20210123095722/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070
https://web.archive.org/web/20210801130539/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272
https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/f511034acd7b97e07d281169b38e2af40c94903d/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/I18nInterceptor.java
https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/fc2179cf1ac9fbfb61e3430fa88b641d87253327
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j