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low 2.6

CVE-2011-1772 json

Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts

published 2011-05-13 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-56f8-g68r-j699 , EUVD-2022-2509

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
33.3%
EPSS 33.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XWork in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.2.3, and OpenSymphony XWork in OpenSymphony WebWork, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) an action name, (2) the action attribute of an s:submit element, or (3) the method attribute of an s:submit element.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.2.3

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1772 updated cvss 2.6

struts: Multiple XSS flaws in XWork

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-35735)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

33.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35735 Apache Struts 2.0.0 < 2.2.1.1 - XWork 's:submit' HTML Tag Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2011-05-10
  • struts.apache.org http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • ventuneac.net http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secureappdev.blogspot.com http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core
<2.2.3
2.2.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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