SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-jgcr-9c2q-rvp8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432809

Description

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

- Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.x before 2.0.11.1 and 2.1.x
before 2.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors associated with
improper handling of (1) " (double quote) characters in the href attribute of an s:a tag and (2)
parameters in the action attribute of an s:url tag. (CVE-2008-6682)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgcr-9c2q-rvp8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432809

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-6682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6682

BID: 34686

cwe: CWE-79