CVE-2017-9804
HIGH7.5EPSS 4.6%Apache Struts allows entering a custom URL in a form field if built-in URLValidator is used
Published: 10/16/2018Modified: 2/19/2024
Description
In Apache Struts 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12, if an application allows entering a 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for S2-047 / CVE-2017-7672.
Affected packages (1)
- Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core>= 2.3.7, < 2.3.34
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9804
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/struts
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/struts/commit/418a20c0594f23764fe29ced400c1219239899a
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001
- WEBhttps://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-050.html
- WEBhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20171113165852/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100612
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201021075553/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039261
- WEBhttp://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html