Is CVE-2006-1547 exploited in the wild?

Yes. CVE-2006-1547 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 21 January 2022. Treat it as urgent.

How severe is CVE-2006-1547?

Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 May 2022.

Which products and versions are affected?

struts:struts (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.9.

Is there a fix for CVE-2006-1547?

Yes. struts:struts (Maven): upgrade to 1.2.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2006-1547 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2006-1547?

Check whether you run Apache Struts 1 or struts:struts (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2006-1547: Improper Input Validation in Apache Struts

CVE-2006-1547 · Severity: critical · CVSS 3.1 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2022-05-01

ActionForm in Apache Struts allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multipart/form-data encoded forms. The vulnerability occurs when a parameter name references the public getMultipartRequestHandler method, granting unauthorized access to elements in the CommonsMultipartRequestHandler implementation and BeanUtils.

Technologies: struts:struts (Maven). Vendors: Apache, Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2006-1547 exploited in the wild?: Yes. CVE-2006-1547 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 21 January 2022. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2006-1547?: Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?: struts:struts (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.9.
Is there a fix for CVE-2006-1547?: Yes. struts:struts (Maven): upgrade to 1.2.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2006-1547 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2006-1547?: Check whether you run Apache Struts 1 or struts:struts (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

struts:struts (Maven): upgrade to 1.2.9 or later

# set struts:struts to 1.2.9 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Struts before 1.2.9
Apache Software Foundation BeanUtils 1.7

Identifiers

CVE-2006-1547
GHSA-7qwv-cwgj-c8rj

Timeline

2006-04-03: disclosed: Initial vulnerability report/bid date
2022-01-21: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
2022-01-21: other: NVD publication date

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