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.

Affected products

Apache Struts, Bamboo, Huawei Vrp, Vmware Vcenter

Apache Struts

< 2.3.32, 2.5.10.1

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

10.0 HIGH

CVSS 3.1

9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS

100.0% (100th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-755

NVD status

Analyzed

Published

2017-03-11