SCA: security update for org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core, org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-4wrr-9h5r-m92w)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432604

Description

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

- The ExceptionDelegator component in Apache Struts before 2.2.3.1 interprets parameter values as OGNL
expressions during certain exception handling for mismatched data types of properties, which allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted parameter. (CVE-2012-0391)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4wrr-9h5r-m92w

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432604

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2012-0391

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 5/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2012

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/21/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Metasploit (Apache Struts Remote Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0391

BID: 78276