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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin (GHSA-xcrm-qpp8-hcw4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421977

Description

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

 - In Apache Struts 2.5 to 2.5.14, the REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable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.
 (CVE-2017-15707)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcrm-qpp8-hcw4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421977

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15707

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15707

BID: 102021

cwe: CWE-20