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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-x5fc-pgpx-59j5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420305

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The OGNL extensive expression evaluation capability in XWork in Struts 2.0.0 through 2.1.8.1, as used in
 Atlassian Fisheye, Crucible, and possibly other products, uses a permissive whitelist, which allows remote
 attackers to modify server-side context objects and bypass the "#" protection mechanism in
 ParameterInterceptors via the (1) #context, (2) #_memberAccess, (3) #root, (4) #this, (5) #_typeResolver,
 (6) #_classResolver, (7) #_traceEvaluations, (8) #_lastEvaluation, (9) #_keepLastEvaluation, and possibly
 other OGNL context variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6504. (CVE-2010-1870)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5fc-pgpx-59j5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420305

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.21

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1870

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache Struts Remote Command Execution)

Elliot (Apache-Struts < 2.2.0 RCE Windows)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1870

BID: 41592