CVE Database · CVE-2017-9805
CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
99.46%
Published
Sep 15, 2017
Modified
Apr 21, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
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Public PoC / Exploit (11)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (12)
References (20)