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CVE-2011-2088

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: none known
• Published: 2011-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

XWork 2.2.1 in Apache Struts 2.2.1, and OpenSymphony XWork in OpenSymphony WebWork, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about internal Java class paths via vectors involving an s:submit element and a nonexistent method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1772.3.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.2.1
• Opensymphony Webwork: all versions
• Opensymphony Xwork: 2.2.1

References

• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518066/100/0/threaded
• http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518066/100/0/threaded
• http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579

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