CVE-2017-9805

unknown KEV

Published 2018-10-16 · Modified 2021-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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 REST Plugin uses an XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering, which can lead to remote code execution when deserializing XML payloads.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Apache
Product: Struts
Due date: 2022-05-03

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-42627 remote linux

Warflop · 2017-09-06

Apache Struts 2.5 < 2.5.12 - REST Plugin XStream Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/struts2_rest_xstream rank 600

Apache Struts 2 REST Plugin XStream RCE

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin	`>=2.1.1,<2.3.34`	`2.3.34`
Maven	org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin	`>=2.5.0,<2.5.13`	`2.5.13`

References

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.