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Medium
CVE-2016-2162
Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 does not sanitize text in...
Vulnerability Description
Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
apache
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struts
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.11.1, 2.0.11.2, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.2_beta, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.8, 2.1.8.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.1.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.3.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.1.1, 2.3.1.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.4.1, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.12, 2.3.14, 2.3.14.1, 2.3.14.2, 2.3.14.3, 2.3.15, 2.3.15.1, 2.3.15.2, 2.3.15.3, 2.3.16, 2.3.16.1, 2.3.16.2, 2.3.16.3, 2.3.20, 2.3.24, 2.3.24.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 12th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.