CVE•Published 2016-07-04•Modified 2026-10-15•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-1182Apache · Struts
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
ActionServlet.java in Apache Struts 1 1.x through 1.3.10 does not properly restrict the Validator configuration, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or cause a denial of service via crafted input, a related issue to CVE-2015-0899.
Timeline
Published 2016-07-04
Modified 2026-10-15
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-1182Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Apache Struts" version:"1.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Struts"HTTP body or banner mentions "Struts" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-1182Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-1182Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-1182Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-1182GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-1182" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.