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CVE-2017-15707

In Apache Struts 2.5 to 2.5.14, the REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload.

Published: Dec 1, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20
6.2MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.9%
Top 9.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
agile plm frameworkOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
enterprise manager for virtualizationOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
financial services hedge management and ifrs valuationsOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software
financial services market risk measurement and managementOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
global lifecycle management opatchautoOn-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
jd edwards enterpriseone toolsOn-premDatabase
Databases / relational
retail order brokerOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
retail xstore point of serviceOn-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin
OSS Libraries
apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
strutsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / web-framework
netapp
commercial·US
oncommand balance
Hardware Firmware
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache StrutsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / web-framework
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15707
nvd.nist.gov
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-054
cwiki.apache.org
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcrm-qpp8-hcw4
github.com
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