CVE-2008-6682

Struts vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

5.6%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Struts

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2009-04-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6682

Confirm whether Apache Struts is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6682.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2008-6682

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2008-6682 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2008-6682?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2008-6682.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

MEDIUM

CVE-2005-3206

Database Server vulnerability

Sophos Anti Virus vulnerability