CVE-2013-2251

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-03-25

Actively exploited. CVE-2013-2251 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2013-2251 is indexed in Metasploit, Exploit-DB, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

Apache Struts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expressions.

CSIRTS triage

What: Apache Struts allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expressions.
Who is affected: Deployments of Apache Struts are affected.
Urgency: Immediate action is required due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
Action: Update Apache Struts to the latest version.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2013-2251 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.

MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2013-2251: Apache Struts Improper Input Validation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25

External references

NVD record for CVE-2013-2251

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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