CVE-2025-684938.1HighCWE-611

CVE-2025-68493: Apache Struts, Apache Struts: XXE vulnerability in outdated XWork component

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Struts

Fixed in 2.2.1 · Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts before 2.2.1 · Exploitation: check available, not yet exploited

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50.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

98th percentile

050100

Higher than 98% of scored CVEs

8.1HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing XML Validation vulnerability in Apache Struts, Apache Struts. This issue affects Apache Struts: from 2.0.0 before 2.2.1; Apache Struts: from 2.2.1 through 6.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.1, which fixes the issue.

Affected products2

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Strutsfrom 2.0.0 before 2.2.1
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Strutsfrom 2.2.1 up to and including 6.1.0

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Exploitation: Check available, not yet exploited. A public nuclei template can confirm it on a system you are authorised to test.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: Apache Struts XWork - XML External Entity Injection · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
Weakness: XML External Entity · Injection and Smuggling
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Published: January 2026
Band: Check available, not yet exploited, January 2026

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