Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true (either by user or a plugin like Convention Plugin) and then: results are used with no namespace and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace and similar to results, same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cr6j-3jp9-rw65 Apache Struts vulnerable to remote command execution (RCE) due to improper input validation
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:15:00 +0900


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{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:48.386Z

Reserved: 2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-11776

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:17:09.231Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-08-22T13:29:00.753

Modified: 2025-10-27T17:38:06.077

Link: CVE-2018-11776

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2018-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-11776 - Bugzilla

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