CVE-2017-7672
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 1.3%Apache Struts Improper Input Validation vulnerability
Published: 10/16/2018Modified: 2/19/2024
Description
If an application allows enter an URL in a form field and built-in URLValidator is used, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7672
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/struts
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d@%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002
- WEBhttp://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.html
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170907215142/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200227144724/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html