ghsa-2j4q-9fff-236j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:42
Modified
2023-11-07 19:13
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Apache Struts XSS Vulnerability
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.struts:struts2-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.28"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-2162"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-07-31T22:46:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-04-12T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-2j4q-9fff-236j",
  "modified": "2023-11-07T19:13:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:42:59Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2162"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/fc2179cf1ac9fbfb61e3430fa88b641d87253327"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/f511034acd7b97e07d281169b38e2af40c94903d/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/I18nInterceptor.java"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210123095722/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210801130539/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Struts XSS Vulnerability"
}


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