cve-2021-31805
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-12 15:25
Modified
2024-08-03 23:10
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
20.05% (0.9653)
Summary
Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw not validated user input in tag attributes, may lead to RCE.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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