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Fencer Intel
critical 9.3

CVE-2013-2135 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution in Apache Struts 2

published 2013-07-16 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-pw8r-x2qm-3h5m , EUVD-2022-4835

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.8%
EPSS 13.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a request with a crafted value that contains both "${}" and "%{}" sequences, which causes the OGNL code to be evaluated twice.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.3.14.3
  • maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core 2.3.14.3
  • apache struts 2.3.14.3

Exploit prediction

13.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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, <2.3.14.3
2.3.14.3
maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.14.3
2.3.14.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.