CVE-2020-17530

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.963 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 13 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

96.3% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

35 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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.

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 · 7.5–9.8

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

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-917USprimaryCWE-917USCWE-917USCWE-94USCWE-94US

ATT&CK techniques

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exploits (13)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/struts2_multi_eval_ognlApache Struts 2 Forced Multi OGNL Evaluationweaponized · metasploit
Al1ex/CVE-2020-17530S2-061 CVE-2020-17530PoC · poc_in_github
CyborgSecurity/CVE-2020-17530CyborgSecurity/CVE-2020-17530PoC · poc_in_github
fatkz/CVE-2020-17530fatkz/CVE-2020-17530PoC · poc_in_github
fengziHK/CVE-2020-17530-strust2-061CVE-2020-17530-strust2-061PoC · poc_in_github
ka1n4t/CVE-2020-17530ka1n4t/CVE-2020-17530PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Juniper Contrail Service Orchestrationall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:juniper:contrail_service_orchestration:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Oracle MySQL <= 5.7.33all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:mysql:5.7.33
Oracle MySQL <= 8.0.23all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:mysql:8.0.23
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts≤ Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.5.25enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Struts2.0.0 → 2.5.25fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition≤ 12.2.1.3.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition≤ 12.2.1.4.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Hospitality Opera 5≤ 5.6fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. MySQL Enterprise Monitor≤ 8.0.23fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Oracle Communications Policy Management≤ 12.5.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Oracle Communications Pricing Design Center≤ 12.0.0.3.0fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Oracle Financial Services Data Integration Hub≤ 8.0.3fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Oracle Financial Services Data Integration Hub≤ 8.0.6fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0065Oracle MySQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-04-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle MySQL ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, Vertraulichkeit und Integrität zu gefährden.
GHSA-jc35-q369-45pvRemote code execution in Apache Struts2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.

also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-12-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (53)

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