Apache Commons BeanUtils, as distributed in lib/commons-beanutils-1.8.0.jar in Apache Struts 1.x through 1.3.10 and in other products requiring commons-beanutils through 1.9.2, does not suppress the class property, which allows remote attackers to "manipulate" the ClassLoader and execute arbitrary code via the class parameter, as demonstrated by the passing of this parameter to the getClass method of the ActionForm object in Struts 1.
CVE-2014-0114
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 7.5 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 99.0% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 99%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB (verified), epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 7.5HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 78EG Risk 78/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation99% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 99%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: weaponized) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
April 30, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (238)
- secalert@redhathttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0219.html
- secalert@redhathttp://apache-ignite-developers.2346864.n4.nabble.com/CVE-2014-0114-Apache-Ignite-is-vulnerable-to-existing-CVE-2014-0114-td31205.html
- secalert@redhathttp://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils/javadocs/v1.9.2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136958.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140119284401582&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140801096002766&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141451023707502&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/10
- secalert@redhathttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/1
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/57477
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/58710
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/58851
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/58947
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59014
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-0114(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libcommons-beanutils-java-doc (1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ trusty | 2026-07-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | patch | 2019-10-10 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2018-09-11 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-05-15 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | struts-0:1.3.10-6.ep5.el6 | 2014-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | struts-0:1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10 | 2014-05-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-beanutils | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-beanutils | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-beanutils | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-beanutils | — |
| — |
Debian:6.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstruts1.2-java | 1.2.9-4 |
| — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libstruts1.2-java | 1.2.9-5 |
| — |
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils | 1.8.0 ... 1.9.3 (8 versions) |
| — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(7)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0474IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2014:0474 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0497IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2014:0497 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0498IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2014:0498 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0500IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2014:0500 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0511IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2014:0511 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2019:2995IMPORTANT2014-04-29
RHSA-2019:2995 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4766-1MEDIUM
Apache Commons BeanUtils vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 1× in last 7d / 5× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-01 04:40 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-09-30 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 20:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-12 07:10 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-30 19:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 14:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 12:30 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-18 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 08:19 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-26 13:49 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
- 2026-07-23 01:19 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-23 01:17 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-23 01:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-23 01:14 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-23 01:12 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-23 01:11 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.00
- 2026-07-23 00:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-22 06:18 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-13 22:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 00:56 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 12:39 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-15 17:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-12 23:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-10 22:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-04 13:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-02 20:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 19:12 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-28 19:12 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 07:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-26 02:46 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-22 21:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-20 11:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-20 11:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-18 21:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-18 21:29 UTCEPSS rescore
Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-41690✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 6, 2014
Apache Struts < 1.3.10 / < 2.3.16.2 - ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/multi/http/struts_code_exec_classloader✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 6, 2014
Apache Struts ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - Open source ↗GitHub PoCaenlr/strutt-cve-2014-0114First seen May 27, 2019
- GitHub PoCrgielen/struts1filterFirst seen May 22, 2014
A request parameter filter solution for Struts 1 CVE-2014-0114 based on the work of Alvaro Munoz and the HP Fortify team
Open source ↗
Related CVEs(same product + same vendor)
Same product
3 shownDebian:11:commons-beanutils · Debian:6.0:libstruts1.2-java
Same vendor
10 shownredhat:RHSA-2018:2669
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