CVE-2017-7672

medium

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.

References

http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-07-13

Updated: 2018-07-08

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: MEDIUM