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critical 10.0

CVE-2013-4316 json

Code injection in Apache Struts

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-j7h6-xr7g-m2c5 , EUVD-2022-4305

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.4%
EPSS 8.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15.1 enables Dynamic Method Invocation by default, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.3.15.2
  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin 2.3.15.2

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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-2013-4316 updated cvss 5.8

struts: dynamic method executions is enabled by default

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts
    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

Exploit prediction

8.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.15.2
2.3.15.2
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin
>=2.0.0, <2.3.15.2
2.3.15.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-16 Configuration
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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