CVE-2017-12611

critical

Description

In Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.10.1, using an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literals can lead to a RCE attack.

References

https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/ka51A000000CgttQAC/NTAP-20170911-0001

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100829

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html

http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt

https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-nadmesh-botnet-hunts-exposed-ai.html

https://veriti.ai/blog/vulnerable-villain-when-hackers-get-hacked/

https://github.com/zeynepsilao/CVE-2017-12611_Exploit

https://github.com/tcetin704/CVE-2017-12611

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fx9-5hx8-crhm

https://github.com/brianwrf/S2-053-CVE-2017-12611

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.87123

Detections

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