CVE-2016-4003

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
2.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 14% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: April 12, 2016 (3685 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URLDecoder function in JRE before 1.8, as used in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28, when using a single byte page encoding, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multi-byte characters in a url-encoded parameter.

CWE

CWE-79

Affected Products

apache struts

References

🔗 struts.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 issues.apache.org 🔗 struts.apache.org