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CVE-2017-9805

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Dat
Publication date:
15/09/2017
Last modified:
22/10/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.1.2 (including) 2.3.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.0 (including) 2.5.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:digital_media_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_solution:10.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_solution:11.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_solution:11.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:hosted_collaboration_solution:11.6\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:media_experience_engine:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:media_experience_engine:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_performance_analysis:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:video_distribution_suite_for_internet_streaming:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_balance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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