ghsa-x5x7-3v85-wpc4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-16 19:37
Modified
2024-01-04 23:26
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 2.3.33",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Maven",
            name: "org.apache.struts:struts2-core",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.3.7",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.3.34",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 2.5.12",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Maven",
            name: "org.apache.struts:struts2-core",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.5.0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.5.13",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2017-9804",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-20",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-06-16T22:02:20Z",
      nvd_published_at: null,
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   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.",
   id: "GHSA-x5x7-3v85-wpc4",
   modified: "2024-01-04T23:26:47Z",
   published: "2018-10-16T19:37:33Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9804",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/418a20c0594f23764fe29ced400c1219239899a",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/apache/struts",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0001",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-050.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170907-struts2",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20171113165852/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100612",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075553/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039261",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-003.txt",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Apache Struts allows entering a custom URL in a form field if built-in URLValidator is used",
}


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