# CVE-2008-2025: Apache Struts Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2008-2025-apache-struts-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-01  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2008-2025 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-01

Apache Struts Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Technologies: [struts:struts (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/struts-struts). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2008-2025 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2008-2025 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2008-2025?** Informational severity, published 1 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** struts:struts (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.9-162.31.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2008-2025?** Yes. struts:struts (Maven): upgrade to 1.2.9-162.31.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2008-2025?** Check whether you run 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 1.2.9-162.31.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set struts:struts to 1.2.9-162.31.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- struts:struts (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.9-162.31.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2008-2025
- GHSA-wcgx-2hvx-5cwr

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