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CVE-2017-9805
CWE-502
Critical
93.6
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.1
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 99.39%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Nov 2021
- Fix commit
- Fix commit known
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Published
- 15 Sept 2017
- Last modified 21 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time