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CVE-2018-1327

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1327 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Apache Struts REST Plugin. This flaw arises from the plugin's use of the vulnerable XStream library, allowing attackers to trigger a DoS by sending a specially crafted XML payload. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.1.1, <= 2.5.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0891 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-pluginFixed in: 2.5.16
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-38cr-2ph5-frr9high

Apache Struts REST Plugin can potentially allow a DoS attack

Oct 16, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1327Moderate

struts: Denial-of-Service attack via crafted XML request using Struts REST plugin

Mar 27, 2018

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/WW/S2-056
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r02c2d634fa74209d941c90f9a4cd36a6f12366ca65f9b90446ff2de3%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf482c101a88445d73cc2e89dbf7f16ae00a4aa79a544a1e72b2326db%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180330-0001
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103516
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040575
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry