CVE-2017-9805: RCE attack via REST plugin with XStream handler to deserialise XML requests

September 15, 2017 (updated August 12, 2019)

The REST Plugin in this package uses an XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering, which can lead to Remote Code Execution when deserializing XML payloads.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9805
struts.apache.org/docs/s2-052.html

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