SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-876p-4wgc-75rx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434358

Description

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

- Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in
a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. (CVE-2016-0785)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-876p-4wgc-75rx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434358

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0785

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0785

BID: 85066

cwe: CWE-20