CVE-2016-2162

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

Apache Struts: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+50)

References

http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85070
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272

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