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CVE-2015-2992

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2992 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Apache Struts versions prior to 2.3.20. This medium-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 6.1, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages, typically requiring user interaction for successful exploitation, leading to potential information disclosure or defacement. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0576 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.3.20
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: struts

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-265r-pp83-gww7medium

Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-2992Moderate

struts: XSS vulnerability when JSP files are exposed to be accessed directly

Aug 26, 2015

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-000124.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN88408929/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200330-0001
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76624
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry