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CVE-2008-2025

CVE-2008-2025 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in apache struts. O3 Security detects and blocks CVE-2008-2025 exploitation at runtime via eBPF exploit-chain detection and L7 egress monitoring, even on unpatched systems.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts before 1.2.9-162.31.1 on SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11, before 1.2.9-108.2 on SUSE openSUSE 10.3, before 1.2.9-198.2 on SUSE…

Published
Apr 9, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
Affected
0 pkgs
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts before 1.2.9-162.31.1 on SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11, before 1.2.9-108.2 on SUSE openSUSE 10.3, before 1.2.9-198.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.0, and before 1.2.9-162.163.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "insufficient quoting of parameters."

Affected Products

1 product · 5 configurations
Application
strutsapache
5 versions
1.0.21.11.2.41.2.71.2.8

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance
  1. Detect

    Inventory every apache struts deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above. Because the exploit targets the running system rather than your application code, also watch for exploitation at the network and runtime layer — O3 flags the exploit behaviour from runtime telemetry and egress traffic even before a vulnerable build is confirmed.

  2. Remediation status

    No patch has shipped for CVE-2008-2025 yet — track the apache struts advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Cut exposure now: restrict the management/admin interface to trusted networks, segment the device, and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations and any WAF/IPS signature. O3's runtime protection blocks the exploit chain at execution, holding the line on unpatched or end-of-life systems until you can patch.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 detects and blocks CVE-2008-2025 exploitation at runtime: eBPF exploit-chain detection, plus L7 egress monitoring that catches the post-exploitation callback and severs the attacker's outbound channel.

Tailored to CVE-2008-2025. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts before 1.2.9-162.31.1 on SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11, before 1.2.9-108.2 on SUSE openSUSE 10.3, before 1.2.9-198.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.0, and before 1.2.9-162.163.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "insufficient quoting of parameters."
O3 Security · Runtime Protection

Is CVE-2008-2025 being exploited in your environment?

O3's eBPF runtime sensors and L7 egress monitoring detect and block the CVE-2008-2025 exploit chain at execution — protecting unpatched and end-of-life systems until the vendor patch is applied.