Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1181

Title: Apache Struts RCE

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1181.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 04, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
13.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1181: ActionServlet.java in Apache Struts 1 1.x through 1.3.10 mishandles multithreaded access to an ActionForm instance, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unexpected memory access) via a multipart request, a related issue to CVE-2015-0899.

Impacted Vendors

A
apache 1
C
cleverpath 1
V
viperweb 1
O
oracle 2

Reference Links

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN03188560/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000096 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91068 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036056 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343538 https://github.com/kawasima/struts1-forever/commit/eda3a79907ed8fcb0387a0496d0cb14332f250e8 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1181 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0006/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN03188560/index.html http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000096 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91068 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036056 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343538 https://github.com/kawasima/struts1-forever/commit/eda3a79907ed8fcb0387a0496d0cb14332f250e8 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1181 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0006/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1181 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.