"According to TLD or attribute directive in tag file, attribute items does not accept any expressions" error when compiling JSP on JBoss

Issue

Hit the following exception when accessing the JSP, that uses jstl core in javascript dring run time:

ERROR [ContainerBase] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /jsps/mypage.jsp(59,7) According to TLD or attribute directive in tag file, attribute items does not accept any expressions
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:148)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:1172)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:819)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1507)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2336)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2386)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:838)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1507)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2336)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2386)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2392)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:489)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2336)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validate(Validator.java:1737)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:165)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:314)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:294)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:281)
     at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:566)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:311)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:687)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcessor.java:1069)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(RequestProcessor.java:455)
     at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:279)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
     at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:507)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at com.pengroup.common.acl.filter.ACLJSPElementFilter.doFilter(ACLJSPElementFilter.java:40)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at com.pengroup.common.acl.filter.ACLRequestFilter.doFilter(ACLRequestFilter.java:64)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:173)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:182)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
     at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:241)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

The JSP imports the taglib via

  <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

or

  <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/c.tld" prefix="c" %>