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Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) In org.apache.struts:struts2-core

Description

Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URLDecoder function in JRE before 1.8, as used in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28, when using a single byte page encoding, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multi-byte characters in a url-encoded parameter.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-40032. NVD-2016-40033. OSV-2016-40034. GCVE-2016-4003

References

1. https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/4720f46a63caaf9db97ba27dc51ac5ad21e66bdc2. https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/5421930b49822606792f36653b17d3d95ef106f93. https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/72471d7075681bea52046645ad7aa34e9c53751e4. https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/76f188406eb9f17a06afcb5f49f0c44d749da0d25. https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/a89bbe22cd2461748d595a89a254de888a415e6c6. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-45077. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119142317/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/863118. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221184936/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/10352689. http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-028.html

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