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)

Published 2016-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.078 (94.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.078 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Struts — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070 (vdb-entry)
struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html (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.