CVE-2011-1772

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XWork in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.2.3, and OpenSymphony XWork in OpenSymphony WebWork, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) an action name, (2) the action attribute of an s:submit element, or (3) the method attribute of an s:submit element.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 75.49% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784 vdb entry exploit
http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html patch exploit
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106 third party advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html third party advisory
http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006 exploit
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579 patch
http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1772?
CVE-2011-1772 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1772?
To fix CVE-2011-1772, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1772 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1772 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~75% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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