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CVE-2012-1592

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CVE-2012-1592 is a local code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts2 that allows an authenticated attacker to upload and execute arbitrary files by processing a specially crafted XSLT file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37009 · Mar 23, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2855 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.5.22

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8m5q-crqq-6pmfhigh

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Apache Struts2

Apr 23, 2022

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-1592
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r348ed455a140273c40b974f0615dee692f7c9b26c6de2118b4280ef2%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r593ebb2f4c95b064e6901fd273eff256c493db952bdb484395948ffc%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r93c4e3f6cb138cd117c739714f07e47af547183ba099ba46be2b2a5b%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-1592
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory