CVE-2017-7672

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

13/07/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.10.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.10.1:::::::*

CVE-2017-7672

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools