SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421982

Description

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

- In Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12, if an application allows entering a URL in a
form field and built-in URLValidator is used, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used
to overload server process when performing validation of the URL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because
of an incomplete fix for S2-047 / CVE-2017-7672. (CVE-2017-9804)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421982

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: High

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-2017-9804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 8/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9804

BID: 100612

cwe: CWE-20