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critical 9.3

CVE-2013-1966 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution in Apache Struts

published 2013-07-10 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-737w-mh58-cxjp , EUVD-2022-2901

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.7%
EPSS 73.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted request that is not properly handled when using the includeParams attribute in the (1) URL or (2) A tag.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.3.14.2
  • maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core 2.3.14.2
  • apache struts 2.3.14.1

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-2013-1966 updated cvss 6.8

struts2: remote command execution due to flaw in the includeParams attribute of URL and Anchor tags

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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 (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/struts_include_params)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

73.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.14.2
2.3.14.2
maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.14.2
2.3.14.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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