Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts - CVE-2016-4003

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Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts - CVE-2016-4003

Published: May 31, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU90123
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4003
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Affected software

Apache Struts
IBM Sterling Order Management
Call Center for Commerce

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4003

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

Apache Struts - update to 2.3.28
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.0.29
Call Center for Commerce - update to 10.0.12

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