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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core (GHSA-hmvj-gc9q-mg9p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432255

Description

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

 - The DebuggingInterceptor component in Apache Struts before 2.3.1.1, when developer mode is used, allows
 remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor characterizes
 this behavior as not "a security vulnerability itself. (CVE-2012-0394)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmvj-gc9q-mg9p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432255

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0394

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2012

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Struts 2 Developer Mode OGNL Execution)

Elliot (Apache-Struts ExceptionDelegator < 2.3.1.1 RCE Linux)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0394

cwe: CWE-94