CVE-2016-4003

MEDIUM

JRE <1.8 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URLDecoder function in JRE before 1.8, as used in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28, when using a single byte page encoding, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multi-byte characters in a url-encoded parameter.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 84.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-79
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

apache/struts < 2.3.24.1
org.apache.struts/struts2-core < 2.3.28Maven

Timeline

Published Apr 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026