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JVNDB-2020-000084

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2020-12-11 06:09 - Updated:2022-08-09 04:55

Severity

8.1 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Apache Struts 2 vulnerable to remote code execution (S2-061)

Details

Apache Struts 2 provided by The Apache Software Foundation contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper input validation (CWE-20). Masato Anzai of Aeye Security Lab, inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN43969166/index.html
	CVE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17530
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17530
	JPCERT	https://www.jpcert.or.jp/english/at/2020/at200046.html
	Improper Input Validation(CWE-20)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Apache Software Foundation

Apache Struts

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CVE-2020-17530 (GCVE-0-2020-17530)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-11 01:11 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35

Summary

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 20:53 UTC

CWE

Remote Code Execution
CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

12 references

URL	Tags
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160721/Apach…	x_refsource_MISC
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/12/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Struts	Affected: Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.5.25

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