CVE-2016-3093

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.24.1 does not properly cache method references when used with OGNL before 3.0.12, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block access to a web site) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Apache Struts: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+49)
Ognl Project Ognl: through 3.0.11

References

http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-034.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90961
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036018
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/940b4c3fef002461b89a050935337056d4a036a65ef68e0bbd4621ef%40%3Cdev.struts.apache.org%3E
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-034.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90961
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036018
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/940b4c3fef002461b89a050935337056d4a036a65ef68e0bbd4621ef%40%3Cdev.struts.apache.org%3E

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