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CVE-2009-1275· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Apache Tiles 2.1 before 2.1.2, as used in Apache Struts and other products, evaluates Expression Language (EL) expressions twice in certain

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Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 86.2% of all records.
  • Fixed version: tiles (Debian:12) 2.2.0-1; org.apache.tiles:tiles-core (Maven) 2.1.2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to tiles (Debian:12) 2.2.0-1; org.apache.tiles:tiles-core (Maven) 2.1.2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Apache Tiles 2.1 before 2.1.2, as used in Apache Struts and other products, evaluates Expression Language (EL) expressions twice in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tiles:putAttribute and (2) tiles:insertTemplate JSP tags.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 9, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.8% · 86th percentile
CWE
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28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.8%

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VendorProduct
apachestruts
apachetiles

Affected versions

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  • apache tiles2.1.0
  • apache tiles2.1.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12tilesbefore 2.2.0-12.2.0-1
Mavenorg.apache.tiles:tiles-corefrom 2.1 · before 2.1.22.1.2

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:tiles2.2.0-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.tiles:tiles-core2.1.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

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    nvd-primary

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