CVE-2018-1327

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.086 · 95 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

8.65% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Apache Struts REST Plugin is using XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack when using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. Upgrade to the Apache Struts version 2.5.16 and switch to an optional Jackson XML handler as described here http://struts.apache.org/plugins/rest/#custom-contenttypehandlers. Another option is to implement a custom XML handler based on the Jackson XML handler from the Apache Struts 2.5.16.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-91US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts≤ Apache Struts 2.1.1 to 2.5.14.1enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Struts2.1.1 → 2.5.14.1fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Storwize V5000≤ 7.8.1.10fstec_bduRU
apache struts2.1.1 → 2.5.14.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin2.1.1 → 2.5.16osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-rest-plugin

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-38cr-2ph5-frr9Apache Struts REST Plugin can potentially allow a DoS attack2018-10-16ghsa · osvUS
The Apache Struts REST Plugin is using XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack when using a malicious request with specially crafted XML payload. Upgrade to the Apache Struts version 2.5.16 and switch to an optional Jackson XML handler as described here http://struts.apache.org/plugins/rest/#custom-contenttypehandlers. Another option is to implement a custom XML handler based on the Jackson XML handler from the Apache Struts 2.5.16.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-27modified 2026-06-17

references (22)

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