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Passing user-controlled data to this key may be relatively common, as it was also used like that to set the language in the 'tiles-test' application shipped with Tiles.\n\nThis issue affects Apache Tiles from version 2 onwards.\n\nNOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01356,"percentile":0.71835,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-776"],"published":"2023-11-30T21:17:28Z","modified":"2026-10-26T18:02:35Z","affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.tiles:tiles-core","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.struts:struts-tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"last_affected":"1.3.10"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"struts:struts","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.1"},{"last_affected":"1.2.9"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-5","3.0.7-6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.tiles:tiles-core","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"}]}],"versions":["2.0.1","2.0.3","2.0.4","2.0.5","2.0.6","2.0.7","2.1.0","2.1.1","2.1.2","2.1.3","2.1.4","2.2.0","2.2.1","2.2.2","3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.3","3.0.4","3.0.5","3.0.7","3.0.8"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.apache.struts:struts-tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"last_affected":"1.3.10"}]}],"versions":["1.3.10","1.3.5","1.3.8","1.3.9"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"struts:struts","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.1"},{"last_affected":"1.2.9"}]}],"versions":["1.1","1.2.2","1.2.4","1.2.7","1.2.8","1.2.9"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.2.2-5","2.2.2-6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-5"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-6"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-6build1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"tiles","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.0.7-6","3.0.7-6build1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"tiles"},{"vendor":"apache software foundation","product":"apache tiles"}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/8ktm4vxr6vvc1qsxh6ft8jzmom1zl65p","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49735","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw4h-3xjj-84cc"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49735","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/tiles","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49735","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49735","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-49735","title":"Apache Tiles: Unvalidated input may lead to path traversal and XXE","description":"** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED **\n\nThe value set as the DefaultLocaleResolver.LOCALE_KEY attribute on the session was not validated while resolving XML definition files, leading to possible path traversal and eventually SSRF/XXE when passing user-controlled data to this key. 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