CVE-2006-1547

Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

CVSS 3.1 High 7.5Known exploited (CISA KEV)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 High 7.5

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: None
No effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: None
No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	Low	No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required	None	No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Unchanged	The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact	None	No effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	None	No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	High	Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.54635 (54.6% probability)
Percentile: 99.0%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog: Apache Struts 1 ActionForm Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Added to the catalog: Jan 21, 2022
Federal due date: Jul 21, 2022

CISA assessment as of Feb 7, 2025

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation: Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE-749Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

1015856 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
struts.apache.org/struts-doc-1.2.9/userGuide/release-notes.…
ADV-2006-1205 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
17342 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
19493 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
struts-actionform-dos(25613) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
SUSE-SR:2006:010 (lists.suse.com)vendor-advisory
20117 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38534

Timeline

ID reservedMar 30, 2006
Record publishedMar 30, 2006
Added to CISA KEVJan 21, 2022
Record last updatedOct 22, 2025

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