🛡️ CVE-2016-3081 — struts2-core

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Apache Struts RCE Vulnerability

Apache Struts 2.3.19 to 2.3.20.2, 2.3.21 to 2.3.24.1, and 2.3.25 to 2.3.28, when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method: prefix, related to chained expressions.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-3081 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2016-3081 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.struts:struts2-core (from 2.3.25 up to 2.3.28.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 16 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
struts.apache.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)
www.huawei.com (Web)
www.oracle.com (Web)
www.oracle.com (Web)
www.rapid7.com (Web)
www.rapid7.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.3.25 2.3.28.1

References

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