01 Record
CVE-2012-1592
A local code execution issue exists in Apache Struts2 when processing malformed XSLT files, which could let a malicious user upload and execute arbitrary files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A local code execution issue exists in Apache Struts2 when processing malformed XSLT files, which could let a malicious user upload and execute arbitrary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 28.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-05 20:57Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0a370c2506bad9e99319a29b070177fde3f22461bbd43dedac3e4a09e1cdd32e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1592
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1592
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1592
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/12
- lists.apache.org[struts-issues] 20200122 [jira] [Created] (WW-5055) Fix for security vulnerability CVE-2012-1592 identified in the National Vulnerability Databasehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r348ed455a140273c40b974f0615dee692f7c9b26c6de2118b4280ef2%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[struts-issues] 20200123 [jira] [Closed] (WW-5055) Fix for security vulnerability CVE-2012-1592 identified in the National Vulnerability Databasehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93c4e3f6cb138cd117c739714f07e47af547183ba099ba46be2b2a5b%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[struts-issues] 20200903 [jira] [Commented] (WW-5055) Fix for security vulnerability CVE-2012-1592 identified in the National Vulnerability Databasehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r593ebb2f4c95b064e6901fd273eff256c493db952bdb484395948ffc%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E