CVE-2013-2248
Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 94.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in a parameter using the (1) redirect: or (2) redirectAction: prefix.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache Struts - Multiple Open Redirection Vulnerabilities (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2013/CVE-2013-2248.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Struts 2.2.3 - Multiple Open Redirections (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38666remote, multiplepublished 16 Jul 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 94.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-rpj9-r897-wc6q (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-bpm-analytics-201301e.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/s2-017.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 64758 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2022-5213 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rpj9-r897-wc6q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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