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CVE-2017-9793

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x, 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12 (+49)

References

• http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-429.htm
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100611
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039262
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001/
• https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2
• http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-429.htm
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100611
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039262
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001/

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