Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/43830?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-4bzw-ges2-d7ek",
    "summary": "Apache Struts forced double OGNL evaluation\nApache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a \"%{}\" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2016-4461"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/52808?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.3.29",
            "is_vulnerable": true,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [
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                    "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa"
                }
            ],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.3.29"
        }
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            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/52634?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.0.0",
            "is_vulnerable": true,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-3bjt-18pc-vfe8"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-4bzw-ges2-d7ek"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-7hxh-btrk-skhg"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-8cmt-z8g9-duf2"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-9mn7-d2mm-uqay"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-dbzr-zyeu-73g8"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-gvwn-8r4r-47gm"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-mvdz-exud-3ybz"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-nztp-y8p8-cqc6"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-q2ad-khtm-nqdr"
                },
                {
                    "vulnerability": "VCID-z1jy-4da2-tyhk"
                }
            ],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.0.0"
        }
    ],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/apache/struts",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4461",
            "reference_id": "CVE-2016-4461",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4461"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj",
            "reference_id": "GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj"
        }
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    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 20,
            "name": "Improper Input Validation",
            "description": "The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 74,
            "name": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')",
            "description": "The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 937,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 1035,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": null,
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-4bzw-ges2-d7ek"
}