What is CVE-2016-2162?

CVE-2016-2162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Struts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-2162?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Struts

CVE-2016-2162

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.077 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Struts — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2162?: CVE-2016-2162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Struts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-2162?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.