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VAR-201703-0755

VAR-201703-0755 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from circl · Published May 3, 2016

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache Struts2.3.x before 2.3.32, 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1

Timeline

  • May 3, 2016 CVE Published
  • Mar 7, 2017 PoC Published (106 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 14, 2026 Security Advisory

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