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SCA: security update for org.apache.struts:struts2-core (GHSA-8fx9-5hx8-crhm)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422619

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2017-12611)

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 422619

Version: Revision 1.2

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: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.08

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2017

Exploitable With

Elliot (Apache Struts 2 Freemarker Tag Handling RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12611

BID: 100829

cwe: CWE-20