ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache Struts2 XWork Component XML External Entity (XXE) injection (CVE-2025-68493)

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.uri;
content:"/struts2-"; startswith;
http.content_type;
content:"application/xml";
http.request_body;
content:"<?xml";
content:"|3c 21|ENTITY|20|"; fast_pattern;
content:"SYSTEM"; distance:0;
target:dest_ip;
Raw source ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache Struts2 XWork Component XML External Entity (XXE) injection (CVE-2025-68493) · Suricata
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alert http any any -> $HOME_NET any (
    msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Apache Struts2 XWork Component XML External Entity (XXE) injection (CVE-2025-68493)";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.uri;
    content:"/struts2-"; startswith;
    http.content_type;
    content:"application/xml";
    http.request_body;
    content:"<?xml";
    content:"|3c 21|ENTITY|20|"; fast_pattern;
    content:"SYSTEM"; distance:0;
    reference:url,www.gopher.security/news/critical-apache-struts-xxe-injection-vulnerability-cve-2025-68493;
    reference:cve,2025-68493;
    classtype:web-application-attack;
    sid:2066771; rev:1;
    metadata:affected_product Apache_Struts2, attack_target Server, tls_state TLSDecrypt, created_at 2026_01_15, cve CVE_2025_68493, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, deployment SSLDecrypt, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, updated_at 2026_01_15, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application;
    target:dest_ip;
)

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