CVE-2016-0785: Apache Struts

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 8.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: from 2.0.0, before 2.3.20.3 (fixed in 2.3.20.3); from 2.3.21, up to and including 2.3.24.1

Published 2016-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.