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CVE-2006-1548

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1548 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts versions prior to 1.2.9, specifically affecting LookupDispatchAction and potentially other DispatchAction components. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unfiltered parameter names within error messages. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity by allowing client-side script execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0533 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: struts:strutsFixed in: 1.2.9
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Application Server 3AS
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-p3vw-fvwx-qcv5low

Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2006-1548Moderate

struts LookupDispatchAction XSS

Mar 22, 2006

References

issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
secunia.com / advisories/19493
secunia.com / advisories/20117
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25614
issues.apache.org / struts/browse/STR-2781
struts.apache.org / struts-doc-1.2.9/userGuide/release-notes.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17342
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1205