VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-2251

unknown KEV
Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2022-03-25
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CVSS v3
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

Apache Struts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expressions.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Apache
Product
Struts
Due date
2022-04-15

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-44583 webapps multiple verified
Takeshi Terada · 2014-01-14

Apache Struts2 2.0.0 < 2.3.15 - Prefixed Parameters OGNL Injection

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-27135 remote multiple verified
Metasploit · 2013-07-27

Apache Struts 2 - DefaultActionMapper Prefixes OGNL Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/struts_default_action_mapper rank 600
Apache Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper Prefixes OGNL Code Execution
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-core<2.3.15.12.3.15.1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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