CVE-2006-1548

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) LookupDispatchAction and possibly (2) DispatchAction and (3) ActionDispatcher in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the parameter name, which is not filtered in the resulting error message.

Published: 2006-03-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1548 is rated Moderate Risk (49.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.33%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1548

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-07-01 5.05% 5.33% +0.28%
2 2026-06-15 8.77% 5.05% -3.72%
3 2025-06-01 8.77%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1548

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1548

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-1548

GHSA-p3vw-fvwx-qcv5 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — Cross-site scripting in Apache Struts

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1548

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1548
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1548 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libstruts1.2-java), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1548

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1548

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache struts <= 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1548

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