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Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2006-1547

highCVSS 3.1 7.5In CISA KEVEPSS 55%Published · n/a

The short answer

CVE-2006-1547 affects n/a n/a and is rated high (CVSS 7.5). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-21: attackers are using it, so patch it first.

What it is

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.

Weakness: CWE-749.

Severity

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploited (CISA KEV)

Yes, since Jan 21, 2022

Federal due date Jul 21, 2022

EPSS, next 30 days

55%

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

How it can be exploited

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

n/a. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.

References

Questions

Is CVE-2006-1547 being exploited?

Yes. CISA added CVE-2006-1547 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-21, with a federal remediation due date of 2022-07-21.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1547?

CISA's required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.

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