CVE-2016-4431

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

04/07/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Apache Struts 2 2.3.20 through 2.3.28.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct redirection attacks by leveraging a default method.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.28:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.28:::::::*

CVE-2016-4431

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools