CVE-2020-17530

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-17530?

Upgrade struts to 2.5.30 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-17530 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-17530 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-05-03. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-17530?

CVE-2020-17530 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-17530 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for struts (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution. Affected software : Apache Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.5.25.

CWE-917

How to fix

Remediation Available

strutsNVD

Affected:>= 2.0.0, < 2.5.30Fixed in:2.5.30CVE-2020-17530derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

95.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Forced Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) evaluation in Apache Struts, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, can lead to remote code execution.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

References

Patch6

Vendor Advisory1

cwiki.apache.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-17530?

Upgrade struts to 2.5.30 or later.

Is CVE-2020-17530 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-17530 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-05-03. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

How severe is CVE-2020-17530?

CVE-2020-17530 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-17530 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for struts (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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