GHSA-gg9m-fj3v-r58cHighCVSS 8.1

REST Plugin in Apache Struts uses an XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering

Published
October 16, 2018
Last Modified
October 22, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products2

  • maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13
  • maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin:>= 2.1.1, < 2.3.34

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