CVE-2011-2087

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in component handlers in the javatemplates (aka Java Templates) plugin in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an arbitrary parameter value to a .action URI, related to improper handling of value attributes in (1) FileHandler.java, (2) HiddenHandler.java, (3) PasswordHandler.java, (4) RadioHandler.java, (5) ResetHandler.java, (6) SelectHandler.java, (7) SubmitHandler.java, and (8) TextFieldHandler.java.

Affected products

Apache Struts: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+22)

References

http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3597
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3608
http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3597
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3608

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