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CVE-2012-4386 (GCVE-0-2012-4386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-05 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
The token check mechanism in Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.4 does not properly validate the token name configuration parameter, which allows remote attackers to perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by setting the token name configuration parameter to a session attribute.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2012-08-03 00:00
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