CVE-2018-11776
Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true…
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Description
Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true (either by user or a plugin like Convention Plugin) and then: results are used with no namespace and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace and similar to results, same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 100.0% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Struts
- affected 2.3 to 2.3.34
- affected 2.5 to 2.5.16
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-cr6j-3jp9-rw65 (opens in a new tab)
References (20)
- 1041888 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 45367 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- 45262 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- 105125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 1041547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 45260 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- [announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-057 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0012 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2018-11776-5072787.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lgtm.com/blog/apache_struts_CVE-2018-11776 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180822-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/hook-s3c/CVE-2018-11776-Python-PoC (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172830/Apache-Struts-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-11776 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cr6j-3jp9-rw65 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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