CVE-2017-7672
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…
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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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.8% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Struts
- affected 2.5 to 2.5.10.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-coreGHSA-9gp7-jvm2-r4mx (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1039114 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [announcements] 20170713 Apache Struts 2.5.12 GA with Security Fixes Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0563 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9gp7-jvm2-r4mx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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