CVE-2006-1548

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) LookupDispatchAction and possibly (2) DispatchAction and (3) ActionDispatcher in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the parameter name, which is not filtered in the resulting error message.

Affected products

Apache Struts: through 1.2.8

References

http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38749
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19493
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015856
http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.9/userGuide/release-notes.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17342
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1205
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25614
https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/STR-2781
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38749
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html

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