Bug 975281 (CVE-2016-2162) - VUL-0: CVE-2016-2162: struts: Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 does not sanitize text in the Locale object constructed by I18NInterceptor
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2016-2162: struts: Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 does not saniti...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2016-2162
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Assignee: Tomáš Chvátal
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/167747/
Whiteboard: CVSSv2:SUSE:CVE-2016-2162:6.4:(AV:N/...
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Reported: 2016-04-13 08:22 UTC by Johannes Segitz
Modified: 2016-04-22 08:37 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description Johannes Segitz 2016-04-13 08:22:22 UTC 
CVE-2016-2162

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.25 does not sanitize text in the Locale object
constructed by I18NInterceptor, which might allow remote attackers to conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors involving language
display.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-2162
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035272
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-030.html
Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-13 22:00:24 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 5 Johannes Segitz 2016-04-22 08:37:29 UTC 
vulnerable code is not present