The REST Plugin in Apache Struts is using an outdated XStream library
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 16, 2018
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 9, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.12
< 2.3.34
Patched versions
2.5.13
2.3.34
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 16, 2018
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2020
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.
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