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high 7.5

CVE-2018-1327 json

Apache Struts REST Plugin can potentially allow a DoS attack

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-38cr-2ph5-frr9 , EUVD-2018-0486

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Apache Struts REST Plugin is using XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack when using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. Upgrade to the Apache Struts version 2.5.16 and switch to an optional Jackson XML handler as described here http://struts.apache.org/plugins/rest/#custom-contenttypehandlers. Another option is to implement a custom XML handler based on the Jackson XML handler from the Apache Struts 2.5.16.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin 2.5.16

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1327 updated cvss 7.5

struts: Denial-of-Service attack via crafted XML request using Struts REST plugin

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 struts Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 struts Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 struts struts Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 struts struts Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 struts struts Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 2 struts struts
    +2 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 struts struts Red Hat Satellite 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

Exploit prediction

8.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin
>=2.1.1, <2.5.16
2.5.16

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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