CVE-2011-1772 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 33.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 33.35% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-05-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | struts |
| opensymphony | webwork |
| opensymphony | xwork |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Struts 2.0.0 < 2.2.1.1 - XWork 's:submit' HTML Tag Cross-Site Scripting | 2011-05-10 |
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784
- http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784
- http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579
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