CVE-2016-4461

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004/Third Party Advisory
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004/Third Party Advisory
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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