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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-mmj6-cjj4-hpr5)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433917

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 vectors related to an ! (exclamation
 mark) operator to the REST Plugin. (CVE-2016-3087)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmj6-cjj4-hpr5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433917

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3087

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Struts REST Plugin With Dynamic Method Invocation Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3087

BID: 90960

cwe: CWE-20