CVE-2016-4461

highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.081 · 95 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

8.09% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-74US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Struts2.0 → 2.3.29fstec_bduRU
apache struts2.0.0 → 2.3.29nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand balanceall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_balance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core2.0.0 → 2.3.29osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fjApache Struts forced double OGNL evaluation2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-10-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91277 enisa_euvd
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004/enisa_euvd
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91277Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004/Third Party Advisorynvd
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.htmlMitigationVendor Advisorynvd

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