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CVE-2013-1966 (GCVE-0-2013-1966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-07-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
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Summary
Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL code via a crafted request that is not properly handled when using the includeParams attribute in the (1) URL or (2) A tag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2013-05-27 00:00
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