Low

Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts

  • Disclosed: 01.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) LookupDispatchAction and possibly (2) DispatchAction and (3) ActionDispatcher in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the parameter name, which is not filtered in the resulting error message.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) struts:struts < 1.2.9 1.2.9

References

CVSS score 3.7/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
struts:struts
Disclosed
01.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p3vw-fvwx-qcv5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: struts:struts

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (10) in the archive
Total entries
10
First → latest
05.2022 07.2025
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • High 7
  • Medium 2
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 7
  2. 2023: 2
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 1
  5. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-49735 >= 1.1, <= 1.2.9 no fix
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-34396 <= 1.2.9 no fix
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2015-0899 >= 1.1, <= 1.2.9 no fix
  4. High · 8.1 CVE-2016-1181 <= 1.2.9 no fix
  5. High · 8.2 CVE-2016-1182 <= 1.2.9 no fix
  6. High · 7.5 Exploited in attacks CVE-2006-1547 < 1.2.9 1.2.9
  7. Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts this entry
    Low · 3.7 CVE-2006-1548 < 1.2.9 1.2.9
  8. High · 7.3 CVE-2006-1546 < 1.2.9 1.2.9

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