CVE-2017-5638 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2017-5638 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 11/03/2017 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2017
Source: apache | Vendor: Apache Software Foundation | Product: Apache Struts
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2017-5638 Description

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.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Source: Apache Software Foundation

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).