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CRITICAL
CVE-2016-3087
Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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 vectors related to an ! (exclamation mark) operator to the REST Plugin.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2016, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2019, 9:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-3087 has a 18 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-3087 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache struts
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-3087.

URL Resource
http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-033.html Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90960
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036017
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39919/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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bharathkanne/csb-2

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Updated: 6 months ago
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superlink996/chunqiuyunjingbachang

春秋云境靶场解题攻略

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
7 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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GhostTroops/myhktools

struts2全套Exp

struts2-exp

Java Python JavaScript Shell Batchfile VBScript Perl HTML

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
5 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 21, 2022, 3:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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20142995/pocsuite3

None

Python

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
104 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : Nov. 26, 2022, 5:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 108 different CVEs too.
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touchmycrazyredhat/myhktools

None

Java Python JavaScript Shell Batchfile VBScript Perl HTML

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 5, 2022, 2:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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SexyBeast233/SecBooks

安全类各家文库大乱斗

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Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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SunatP/FortiSIEM-Incapsula-Parser

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 4, 2021, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.
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CrackerCat/myhktools

https://51pwn.com,Awesome Penetration Testing，hacker tools collection, metasploit exploit, meterpreter....struts2、weblogic, 0day,poc,apt,backdoor,VulApps,vuln,pentest-script

JavaScript Python Shell Java HTML Visual Basic Perl Batchfile

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
0 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : March 24, 2020, 3:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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Karma47/Cybersecurity_base_project_2

Metasploitable 3 and Snort rules

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 8, 2020, 5:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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do0dl3/myhktools

https://51pwn.com,Awesome Penetration Testing，hacker tools collection, metasploit exploit, meterpreter....struts2、weblogic, 0day,poc,apt,backdoor,VulApps,vuln,pentest-script

JavaScript Python Shell Java HTML Visual Basic Perl Batchfile

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 17, 2019, 2:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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ACIC-Africa/metasploitable3

Solutions to Metasploitable 3

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 4:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.
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iqrok/myhktools

Awesome Penetration Testing，hacker tools collection, metasploit exploit, meterpreter....struts2、weblogic, 0day,poc,apt,backdoor,VulApps,vuln,pentest-script,online to https://51pwn.com, or https://exploit-poc.com

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 17, 2019, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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oneplus-x/MS17-010

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Dockerfile Python Makefile C Shell Ruby Java PHP

Updated: 5 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2019, 4:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-3087 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-3087 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Apache Struts 2.3.20.x before 2.3.20.3, 2.3.24.x before 2.3.24.3, and 2.3.28.x before 2.3.28.1, when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an ! (exclamation mark) operator to the REST Plugin. 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 vectors related to an ! (exclamation mark) operator to the REST Plugin.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39919/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90960 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987854
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-033.html No Types Assigned http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-033.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3087 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-3087 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

52.29 }} 5.80%

score

0.97642

percentile

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