CVE-2017-5638 (GCVE-0-2017-5638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-11 02:11 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55
VLAI
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 21:06 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
References
URL Tags
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https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22169 x_refsource_MISC
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037973 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96729 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… government-resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Affected: 2.3.x before 2.3.32
Affected: 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1
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Date Public
2017-03-06 00:00
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