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CVE-2017-9787

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

When using a Spring AOP functionality to secure Struts actions it is possible to perform a DoS attack. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12 or 2.3.33.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12 (+47)

References

• http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-049.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99562
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039115
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de3d325f0433cd3b42258b6a302c0d7a72b69eedc1480ed561d3b065%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/
• http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-049.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99562
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039115
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E

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