CVE-2017-7672

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: July 13, 2017 (3227 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache struts

References

🔗 struts.apache.org 🔗 www.oracle.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 lists.apache.org