CVE-2012-1006

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Apache Struts 2.0.14 and 2.2.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) lastName parameter to struts2-showcase/person/editPerson.action, or the (3) clientName parameter to struts2-rest-showcase/orders.

Published: 2012-02-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1006 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 58.48%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1006

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18452 exploit_db edb 2012-02-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1006

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 2026-06-15 76.17% 58.48% -17.69%
2 2026-05-27 78.06% 76.17% -1.90%
3 2026-03-17 78.06%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1006

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-2012-1006

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-1006

GHSA-cmpm-jg8r-fv37 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Struts Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1006

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1006
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1006 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libstruts1.2-java), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, DNE 9, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1006

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1006

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache struts 2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1006

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