Name: CVE-2020-17530: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement
Published: 2020-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-17530, CWE-917, Exploited in the Wild, CISA KEV Exploit, Metasploit Module, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.95922, CISA KEV

Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution. Affected software : Apache Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.5.25.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
F5 Big Ip	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	f5-bigip-upgrade-latest	Jun 17, 2026	Dec 22, 2020
Struts	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	apache-struts-upgrade-2_5_26	Dec 11, 2020	Dec 11, 2020

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