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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This CVE is actively exploited in the wild. CISA mandates federal agencies to patch immediately.

CVE

CVE-2016-3081

8.1

CVSShigh

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

Apache Struts 2.3.19 to 2.3.20.2, 2.3.21 to 2.3.24.1, and 2.3.25 to 2.3.28, when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method: prefix, related to chained expressions.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

Updated Oct 12, 2026View on NVD →

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CVE-2016-3081 scanner - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Struts

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