CVE-2020-17531

highpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.100 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

10.00% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A Java Serialization vulnerability was found in Apache Tapestry 4. Apache Tapestry 4 will attempt to deserialize the "sp" parameter even before invoking the page's validate method, leading to deserialization without authentication. Apache Tapestry 4 reached end of life in 2008 and no update to address this issue will be released. Apache Tapestry 5 versions are not vulnerable to this issue. Users of Apache Tapestry 4 should upgrade to the latest Apache Tapestry 5 version.

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

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

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-502USCWE-502US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

154802388/CVE-2020-17531Apache Struts2框架是一个用于开发Java EE网络应用程序的Web框架。Apache Struts于2020年12月08日披露 S2-061 Struts 远程代码执行漏洞（CVE-2020-17530），在使用某些tag等情况下可能存在OGNL表达式注入漏洞，从而造成远程代码执行，风险极大。提醒我校Apache Struts用户尽快采取安全措施阻止漏洞攻击。PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Tapestry≤ Apache Tapestry 4 ≤4enisa_euvdEU
apache tapestry4.0.0 → 5.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tapestry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-project4.0 → 5.0.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.tapestry/tapestry-project

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-c566-2grg-mjwgSerialization vulnerability in Apache Tapestry2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
A Java Serialization vulnerability was found in Apache Tapestry 4. Apache Tapestry 4 will attempt to deserialize the "sp" parameter even before invoking the page's validate method, leading to deserialization without authentication. Apache Tapestry 4 reached end of life in 2008 and no update to address this issue will be released. Apache Tapestry 5 versions are not vulnerable to this issue. Users of Apache Tapestry 4 should upgrade to the latest Apache Tapestry 5 version.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-12-08modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

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