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 will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.84% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apache/struts
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 9.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/
- http://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-047.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99563Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039114
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0002/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.