MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-6348

Struts vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.3.15.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the namespace parameter to (1) actionNames.action and (2) showConfig.action in config-browser/.
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
2013-11-02

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 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-6348

  • Confirm whether Apache Struts is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-6348.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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