CVE-2016-0785 Apache Struts RCE Vulnerability

What is CVE-2016-0785?

CVE-2016-0785 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apache Struts, published on 12 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0785?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.struts:struts2-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Struts.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0785?

Upgrade org.apache.struts:struts2-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.20.3 or 2.3.24.3.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2016-0785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Struts

• CVE-2020-17530 Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9791 Apache Struts 1 Improper Input Validation Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5638 Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-0391 Apache Struts 2 Improper Input Validation Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-11776 Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1

All Apache Struts vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-876p-4wgc-75rx.