CVE-2016-4430

Publication date 4 July 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Apache Struts 2 2.3.20 through 2.3.28.1 mishandles token validation, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libstruts1.2-java	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

seth-arnold

It's claimed "Struts 2.3.20 - Struts Struts 2.3.28.1" but I see no positive statement that 2.3.19 and earlier weren't affected or perhaps may have missed CSRF protection entirely or just outside of support lifetimes or whatever. So I'm leaving this 'needs-triage'.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H