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CVE-2016-4436

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.29 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to improper action name clean up.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+49)

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009282
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91280
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-035.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009282
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91280
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-035.html

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