SCA: security update for org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core, org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-7ghm-rpc7-p7g5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412056

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted
request that is not properly handled when using the includeParams attribute in the (1) URL or (2) A tag.
NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1966. (CVE-2013-2115)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ghm-rpc7-p7g5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412056

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2115

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2013

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apache Struts includeParams Remote Code Execution)

Elliot (Apache-Struts IncludeParams < 2.3.14.2 RCE Linux)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2115

BID: 60167

cwe: CWE-94