`CVE-2014-0112` Apache Struts

Affected software	Apache Struts
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 2.0
Fixed in	`2.3.20`
Weakness	CWE-264
Published	29 Apr 2014
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

ParametersInterceptor in Apache Struts before 2.3.20 does not properly restrict access to the getClass method, which allows remote attackers to "manipulate" the ClassLoader and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0094.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Real-world exploitation reported by VulnCheck KEV. CISA has not confirmed it.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 1 citation · earliest 2022-05-11.
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 3 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, Metasploit; first seen 2014-03-06.
EPSS 98% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs.

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2014-0112 in VulnCheck (free account).

Evidence	Source	Detail	Date
Reported exploitation	blog.checkpoint.com	/security/april-2022s-most-wanted-malware-a-shake-up-in-the-index-but-emotet-is-still-on-top	2022-05-11

Evidence

Source

Detail

Date

Reported exploitation

blog.checkpoint.com

/security/april-2022s-most-wanted-malware-a-shake-up-in-the-index-but-emotet-is-still-on-top

2022-05-11

Index	Artifact	First seen
Exploit-DB	Apache Struts - ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2014-05-02
Exploit-DB	Apache Struts < 1.3.10 / < 2.3.16.2 - ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2014-03-06
Metasploit	Apache Struts ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (manual rank)

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

Exploit-DB

Apache Struts - ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

2014-05-02

Exploit-DB

Apache Struts < 1.3.10 / < 2.3.16.2 - ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

2014-03-06

Metasploit

Apache Struts ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution (manual rank)

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding	A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Decided by

Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

Finding

A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2015 ↗	CPU	2015-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Community (11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0) Oracle MySQL / Service Manager (2.3.16 and earlier, 3.0.10 and earlier) Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2014-0050, CVE-2014-0094, CVE-2014-0113, CVE-2014-0116. The CVSS score is 10.0 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with admin or root privileges. The score would be 7.5 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with non-admin privileges and the impact on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability would be Partial+.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2015 ↗

CPU

2015-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Community (11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0)
Oracle MySQL / Service Manager (2.3.16 and earlier, 3.0.10 and earlier)
Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2014-0050, CVE-2014-0094, CVE-2014-0113, CVE-2014-0116. The CVSS score is 10.0 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with admin or root privileges. The score would be 7.5 if MySQL Enterprise Monitor runs with non-admin privileges and the impact on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability would be Partial+.

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Community	11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0	11.1.1.6.1 · 11.1.1.8.0
Oracle MySQL	Service Manager	2.3.16 and earlier, 3.0.10 and earlier

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Community

11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0

11.1.1.6.1 · 11.1.1.8.0

Oracle MySQL

Service Manager

2.3.16 and earlier, 3.0.10 and earlier

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.struts:struts2-core 0 2.3.20 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.struts:struts2-core`	0	`2.3.20`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	struts	generic	≥ 2.0.0 and ＜ 2.3.16.2
osv	org.apache.struts	struts2-core	generic	＜ 2.3.20

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

struts

generic

≥ 2.0.0 and ＜ 2.3.16.2

osv

org.apache.struts

struts2-core

generic

＜ 2.3.20

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Products:** STRUTS2, ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE, ORACLE MYSQL

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0910	WEB
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091939	WEB
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-021	WEB
https://github.com/apache/struts	PACKAGE
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN19294237/index.html	WEB
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000045	WEB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127215/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0007.html	WEB
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676706	WEB
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html	WEB
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0007.html	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2014-04-29	By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence	2022-05-11	Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2014-04-29

By the CVE Program.

VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence

2022-05-11

Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (5 of 24 rules ran)

5 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Found in legacy manual classifications

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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