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TI-2006-01497 Aliases CVE-2006-1547GHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj

ActionForm in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7…

Priority CRITICAL 90Exploited in the wildCWE-749Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

ActionForm in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a multipart/form-data encoded form with a parameter name that references the public getMultipartRequestHandler method, which provides further access to elements in the CommonsMultipartRequestHandler implementation and BeanUtils.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-01-21CISA due date 2022-07-21
EPSS 0.54635 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed struts:struts (Maven): 1.2.9Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—struts:struts (Maven)before 1.2.91.2.9Patch availableGHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • struts:struts (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.2.9 Fixed in 1.2.9 Patch available GHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.2.9VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_beanutils:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.0Running onApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.2.9 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_beanutils:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.0 Running on ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj struts:struts (Maven) Fixed in 1.2.9 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0281 Released 2006-05-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    struts security update for Red Hat Application Server
    • Red Hat Application Server 3AS
    • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Application Server 3ASFixed RHSA-2006:0281
Red Hat Application Server v2 4ASFixed RHSA-2006:0281

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-21 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-1547
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj
  4. 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 99th percentile and above

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2020-13278 Expression language injection in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-07171 Improper input validation in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-03639 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02013 Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-00357 The ExceptionDelegator component in Apache Struts before 2.2.3.1 interprets parameter… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-08433 Improper input validation in Apache Struts KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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