CVE-2016-2162

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-04-13
CWE:
CWE-79
Bugzilla:
1326724: CVE-2016-2162 struts2: unsanitized text in the Locale object constructed by I18NInterceptor

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 does not sanitize text in the Locale object constructed by I18NInterceptor, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors involving language display.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2162 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0.0 struts2-core Not affected

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