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CVE-2017-12611

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 87.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.10.1, using an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literals can lead to a RCE attack.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 (+84)

References

• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100829
• https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka51A000000CgttQAC/NTAP-20170911-0001
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-053.html
• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100829
• https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka51A000000CgttQAC/NTAP-20170911-0001
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-053.html

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