GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4

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    GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4

    Published: 16 Oct 2018Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-9804

    Summary: Apache Struts allows entering a custom URL in a form field if built-in URLValidator is used

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9804, https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/418a20c0594f23764fe29ced400c1219239899a, https://github.com/apache/struts, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001, https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-050.html, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2, https://web.archive.org/web/20171113165852/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100612, https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075553/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039261, http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.struts:struts2-core

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.3.7
    Fixed -2.3.34

    Affected versions

    2.3.12
    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
    2.3.20
    2.3.20.1
    2.3.20.3
    2.3.24
    2.3.24.1
    2.3.24.3
    2.3.28
    2.3.28.1
    2.3.29
    2.3.30
    2.3.31
    2.3.32
    2.3.33
    2.3.7
    2.3.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High