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high 7.5

CVE-2014-0114 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution in Apache Commons BeanUtils

published 12y ago modified 26d ago also GHSA-p66x-2cv9-qq3v , EUVD-2020-0504

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
99.0%
EPSS 99.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils 1.9.4
  • commons-beanutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0114

  • commons-beanutils Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • commons-beanutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • commons-beanutils Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.9.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0114

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • struts network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
  • struts-core network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
  • struts-tiles network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
  • struts-extras network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
  • struts-taglib network satellite 5.6, network satellite 5.5, network satellite 5.4 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
  • struts RHEL 5 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10
  • struts-manual RHEL 5 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10
  • struts-javadoc RHEL 5 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0500RHSA-2014:0474

  • apache-commons-beanutils SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.11.0-7.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02056-1

  • apache-commons-validator openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.10.1-1.1
  • apache-commons-beanutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.4-3.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11105-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10617-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0114 updated cvss 7.5

1: Class Loader manipulation via request parameters

  • Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 beanutils beanutils
    affected: workaround, no fix available “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 struts struts
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua”
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 struts struts
    affected: workaround, no fix available “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua”
  • Red Hat Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2014:0498
  • Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2019:2995
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) struts 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-manual 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-javadoc 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-webapps-tomcat5 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) struts 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-manual 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-javadoc 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10, struts-webapps-tomcat5 1.2.9-4jpp.8.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2014:0474
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2018:2669
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2014:0497
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  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.2
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2014:0511
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) struts 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-core 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-tiles 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-extras 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-taglib 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6 Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) struts 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-core 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-tiles 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-extras 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-taglib 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6 Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) struts 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-core 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-tiles 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-extras 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6, struts-taglib 1.3.10-6.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix “http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Protect-your-Struts1-applications/ba-p/6463188#.VCaGk3V53Ua” RHSA-2014:0500

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

cisa ICSMA-20-184-01 updated cvss 9.8

OpenClinic GA (Update B)

  • OpenClinic GA 5.09.02, 5.89.05b
    affected: fixed in 5.170.5 sourceforge.net

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

99.03% 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 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils
>=1.8.0, <1.9.4
1.9.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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