CVE-2016-4461

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 18% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 16, 2017 (3132 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache strutsnetapp oncommand balance

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 security.netapp.com 🔗 struts.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 security.netapp.com