CVE-2011-1772
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XWork in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.2.3, and OpenSymphony XWork in OpenSymphony…
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- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.3% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-56f8-g68r-j699 (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- ADV-2011-1198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 47784 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVNDB-2011-000106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- JVN#25435092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-56f8-g68r-j699 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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