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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2025-68493 in the critical feed json

Apache Struts, Apache Struts: XXE vulnerability in outdated XWork component

published 2026-01-11 9 mo ago modified 2026-09-14 56 d ago also EUVD-2026-1898 , GHSA-qcfc-hmrc-59x7

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
50.4%
EPSS 50.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Missing XML Validation vulnerability in Apache Struts, Apache Struts.

This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 2.2.1; Apache Struts: from 2.2.1 through 6.1.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.1, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core 6.1.1
  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts 2.2.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68493 updated cvss 7.1

org.apache.struts: Apache Struts: Information disclosure and denial of service via missing XML validation

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 struts2-core
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 guice-bom, guice-jmx, guice-jndi, google-guice, guice-parent, guice-grapher, +7 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 struts2-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack struts2-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

50.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Apache Struts XWork - XML External Entity Injection nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core
>=2.0.0, <=2.3.37
>=2.5.0, <=2.5.33
>=6.0.0, <6.1.1
6.1.1
maven com.opensymphony:xwork
>=2.0.0
 no fix listed
maven org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core
>=2.2.1
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-112 Missing XML Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.