CVE-2017-9793 (GCVE-0-2017-9793)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-20 17:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:12
Severity ?
CWE
  • A remote attacker may create a DoS attack by sending crafted xml request when using the Struts REST plugin
Summary
The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x, 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.
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Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Version: 2.3.7 - 2.3.33
Version: 2.5 - 2.5.12
Version: 2.1.x series
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