{"id":"CVE-2016-4003","details":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URLDecoder function in JRE before 1.8, as used in Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.28, when using a single byte page encoding, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multi-byte characters in a url-encoded parameter.","aliases":["GHSA-m3x6-9v6h-4g28"],"modified":"2026-07-08T12:43:59.971952Z","published":"2016-04-12T16:59:04.313Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-028.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86311"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035268"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4507"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/struts","events":[{"introduced":"2c0a197cea8fdc7d8cda5eeaa15a1c76507ac0a5"},{"last_affected":"7a9863169f7d981be0d2d57437974ae2cc0c8bd3"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"last_affected":"2.3.24.1"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4003.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}