CVE-2006-1547

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 30, 2006 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorStrutsCommons Beanutils

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 55%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score54.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 54.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 99% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

ActionForm in Apache Struts versions before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 contains a vulnerability that allows for denial-of-service (DoS).

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Jan 21, 2022
Remediation Due
Jul 21, 2022
1560 days overdue

Description

ActionForm in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a multipart/form-data encoded form with a parameter name that references the public getMultipartRequestHandler method, which provides further access to elements in the CommonsMultipartRequestHandler implementation and BeanUtils.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.2.9
Affected range stops below 1.2.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apache-commons-beanutils (environment)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (10)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38534
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19493
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015856
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.9/userGuide/release-notes.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17342
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1205

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-749NVD-CWE-Other

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