CVE-2010-1870
The OGNL extensive expression evaluation capability in XWork in Struts 2.0.0 through 2.1.8.1, as used in Atlassian Fisheye, Crucible, and…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 92.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The OGNL extensive expression evaluation capability in XWork in Struts 2.0.0 through 2.1.8.1, as used in Atlassian Fisheye, Crucible, and possibly other products, uses a permissive whitelist, which allows remote attackers to modify server-side context objects and bypass the "#" protection mechanism in ParameterInterceptors via the (1) #context, (2) #_memberAccess, (3) #root, (4) #this, (5) #_typeResolver, (6) #_classResolver, (7) #_traceEvaluations, (8) #_lastEvaluation, (9) #_keepLastEvaluation, and possibly other OGNL context variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6504.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache Struts Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/struts_code_execRank gooddisclosed 13 Jul 2010
Nuclei templates1 template
- ListSERV Maestro <= 9.0-8 RCE (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-1870.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apache Struts < 2.2.0 - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17691remote, multiplepublished 19 Aug 2011Verified
- Struts2/XWork < 2.2.0 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14360remote, multiplepublished 14 Jul 2010Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14360 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 92.0% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-x5fc-pgpx-59j5 (opens in a new tab)
References
12
- http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/FishEye+Security+Advisory+2010-06-16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14360 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 66280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.1/docs/s2-005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://blog.o0o.nu/2010/07/cve-2010-1870-struts2xwork-remote.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140709-struts2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100713 CVE-2010-1870: Struts2 remote commands execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 8345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20201020 LISTSERV Maestro Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159643/LISTSERV-Maestro-9.0-8-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5715 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x5fc-pgpx-59j5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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