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CVE-2016-0785

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0785 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache Struts 2.x versions prior to 2.3.28. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting a "%{}" sequence into a tag attribute, leveraging a forced double OGNL evaluation. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, < 2.3.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.21, <= 2.3.24.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0881 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 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, 0.3 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.3.20.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.3.24.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-876p-4wgc-75rxhigh

Apache Struts RCE Vulnerability

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-0785Important

struts2: forced double OGNL evaluation on raw input in tag attributes

Apr 13, 2016

References

struts.apache.org / docs/s2-029.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/85066
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry