GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4 Apache Struts allows entering a custom URL in a form field if built-in URLValidator is used

HIGH Published 2018-10-16 Modified 2024-01-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-9804
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.struts:struts2-core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core: >= 2.3.7, < 2.3.34 → fixed in 2.3.34 • Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13 → fixed in 2.5.13

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-9804 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References