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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2017-5638

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.

CISA KEV Nuclei Template
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:100.00%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2021-11-03
Ransomware Use
Known
KEV Due Date
2022-05-03
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
YES
EPSS Score
99.999%
EPSS Percentile
100.0th pct
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
SSVC Automatable
Vulnerability Class

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

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