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CVE-2019-0230

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-09-14
  • WeaknessCWE-1321

Am I affected?

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Description

Apache Struts 2.0.0 to 2.5.20 forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-09-1417:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2020-11-17Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Oracle financial services data integration hub
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0.3no fix published
8.0= 8.0.6no fix published
Apache struts
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.x≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.5.20no fix published
Oracle communications policy management
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.5= 12.5.0no fix published

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-0230 Red Hat Product Security1 known affected

    struts2: possible RCE due to forced double OGNL evaluation when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes

    struts as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-0230 · 1 productOut of support scope

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-49068
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
4 repositories, unverifiedPrinceFPF/CVE-2019-0230ramoncjs3/CVE-2019-0230f8al/CVE-2019-0230-PoCAl1ex/CVE-2019-0230
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/struts2_multi_eval_ognlrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-09-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-wp4h-pvgw-5727

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0230?

Apache Struts 2.0.0 to 2.5.20 forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.

Is CVE-2019-0230 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-0230 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 96.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-0230?

CVE-2019-0230 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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