vulnerability

Apache Struts: S2-052 (CVE-2017-9805): Security updates available for Apache Struts

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 5, 2017
Added
Sep 6, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.1 through 2.3.x before 2.3.34 and 2.5.x before 2.5.13 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.

Solutions

apache-struts-upgrade-2_3_34apache-struts-upgrade-2_5_13
Title
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