CVE-2017-12611

highpriority · attend · 79EPSS 0.871 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

87.1% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

96 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.3highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44556Apache Struts 2.0.1 < 2.3.33 / 2.5 < 2.5.10 - Arbitrary Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
tcetin704/CVE-2017-12611tcetin704/CVE-2017-12611PoC · poc_in_github
zeynepsilao/CVE-2017-12611_ExploitRCE projectPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (96)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts≤ 2.5 - 2.5.10.1enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts≤ 2.0.0 - 2.3.33enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Struts2.0.1 → 2.3.33fstec_bduRU
Apache Software Foundation Struts2.5 → 2.5.10fstec_bduRU
Aruba Networks ClearPass Policy Managerall versionsfstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Call Center for Commerce≤ 10.0fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Call Center for Commerce≤ 9.5.0fstec_bduRU
apache struts= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.11.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.11.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache struts= 2.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-8fx9-5hx8-crhmApache Struts 2.0.1 uses an unintentional expression in a Freemarker tag instead of string literal2018-10-16ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Struts 2.0.1 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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-09-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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