Apache Struts I18NInterceptor cross-site scripting (CVE-2016-2162)

Apache Struts I18NInterceptor cross-site scripting (CVE-2016-2162)
Apache Struts I18NInterceptor cross-site scripting (CVE-2016-2162)

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Affected Systems:

Apache Struts 2.0.0 - 2.3.24.1

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2016-2162

Struts2 is an extensible framework for building enterprise-level Jave Web applications.

Struts 2.0.0-2.3.24.1 I18NInterceptor has a security vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks and execute arbitrary scripts or HTML in user sessions. The I18NInterceptor component is mainly used for language conversion within the conversion framework or applications built on it.

<* Source: Paolo Perliti paolo dot perliti

Link: http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Apache Group
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Apache Group has released a Security Bulletin (s2-030) and patches for this:
S2-030: Possible XSS vulnerability in I18NInterceptor
Link: http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html

Patch download: http://struts.apache.org/docs/version-notes-2326.html

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