CVE-2016-3081

Publication date 26 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Apache Struts 2.3.19 to 2.3.20.2, 2.3.21 to 2.3.24.1, and 2.3.25 to 2.3.28, when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method: prefix, related to chained expressions.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libstruts1.2-java	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

says 2.x, need to check

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.1 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H