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medium 5.0

CVE-2014-0094 json

ClassLoader manipulation in Apache Struts

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-vrwc-qjmw-5rjm , EUVD-2022-5427

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
99.4%
EPSS 99.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
3
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

The ParametersInterceptor in Apache Struts before 2.3.16.2 allows remote attackers to "manipulate" the ClassLoader via the class parameter, which is passed to the getClass method.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 2.3.16.2
  • maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core 2.3.16.2
  • apache struts 2.3.16.1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0094 updated cvss 5.0

struts2: ClassLoader manipulation via request parameters

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/struts_code_exec_classloader)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

99.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.16.2
2.3.16.2
maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core
>=2.0.0, <2.3.16.2
2.3.16.2

References

Sources

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