🛡️ CVE-2015-1831 — struts2-core

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Incomplete exclude pattern in Apache Struts

The default exclude patterns (excludeParams) in Apache Struts 2.3.20 allow remote attackers to "compromise internal state of an application" via unspecified vectors. In Struts 2.3.20.1 a better set of exlude patterns was defined.

Affected software

CVE-2015-1831 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core (from 2.0.0 up to 2.3.20.1)
  • org.apache.struts:struts2-core (from 2.0.0 up to 2.3.20.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 6 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
struts.apache.org (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.0.0 2.3.20.1
org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core 2.0.0 2.3.20.1

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