CVE-2017-9804

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Struts
PublishedSep 20, 2017
First seenSep 20, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • org.apache.struts:struts2-core2.3.34, 2.5.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache struts2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12, 2.3.13, 2.3.14, 2.3.14.1, 2.3.14.2, 2.3.14.3, 2.3.15, 2.3.15.1, 2.3.15.2, 2.3.15.3, 2.3.16, 2.3.16.1, 2.3.16.2, 2.3.16.3, 2.3.17, 2.3.19, 2.3.20, 2.3.20.1, 2.3.20.2, 2.3.21, 2.3.22, 2.3.23, 2.3.24.2, 2.3.24.3, 2.3.25, 2.3.26, 2.3.27, 2.3.28, 2.3.28.1, 2.3.29, 2.3.30, 2.3.31, 2.3.32, 2.3.33, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.5.10, 2.5.10.1, 2.5.12—
org.apache.struts:struts2-coreMaven2.3.7 ≤ v < 2.3.34, 2.5.0 ≤ v < 2.5.132.3.34, 2.5.13

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