CVE-2013-1966
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 73.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache Struts includeParams Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/struts_include_paramsRank greatdisclosed 24 May 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Struts - includeParams Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25980remote, multiplepublished 5 Jun 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 73.7% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-coreGHSA-737w-mh58-cxjp (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-737w-mh58-cxjp (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- 60166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967656 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/development/2.x/docs/s2-013.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-013 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2901 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-737w-mh58-cxjp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-1966)Record last updated .