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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-8c6j-ffmf-q6vm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432936

Description

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

 - Apache Struts 2.3.19 to 2.3.20.2, 2.3.21 to 2.3.24.1, and 2.3.25 to 2.3.28, when Dynamic Method Invocation
 is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method: prefix, related to chained
 expressions. (CVE-2016-3081)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c6j-ffmf-q6vm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432936

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

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-2016-3081

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2016

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Struts Dynamic Method Invocation Remote Code Execution)

Elliot (Apache Struts Dynamic Method Invocation Expression Handling RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3081

BID: 87327

cwe: CWE-77