CVE-2011-1772

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XWork in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.2.3, and OpenSymphony XWork in OpenSymphony WebWork, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) an action name, (2) the action attribute of an s:submit element, or (3) the method attribute of an s:submit element.

• CWE-79

• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.htmlExploit
• http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
• http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.htmlExploit, Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784Exploit
• http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006Exploit
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579Patch
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html
• http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/Struts_2_XWork_WebWork_XSS_in_error_pages.html
• http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.htmlExploit
• http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html
• http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.htmlExploit, Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47784Exploit
• http://www.ventuneac.net/security-advisories/MVSA-11-006Exploit
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1198Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579Patch

Published

May 13, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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