CVE-2017-9793

high

Description

The REST Plugin in Apache Struts 2.1.x, 2.3.7 through 2.3.33 and 2.5 through 2.5.12 is using an outdated XStream library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted XML payload.

References

http://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-429.htm

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100611

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039262

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001/

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-051.html

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-09-20

Updated: 2019-08-12

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH