CVE-2008-6682
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4358)
- Published
- April 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4358 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
- apache / struts
References
- http://www.nabble.com/Feedback%3A-WW-2414%2C-XSS-attack-is-possible-if-using-%3Cs%3Aurl-...%3E-and-%3Cs%3Aa-...%3E-td14771449.html(Patch)
- http://www.nabble.com/Feedback%3A-WW-2414%2C-XSS-attack-is-possible-if-using-%3Cs%3Aurl-...%3E-and-%3Cs%3Aa-...%3E-td14771449i20.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34686
- https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2414(Vendor Advisory)
- https://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2427(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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