CVE-2017-5638
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Mar 11, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 29, 2017
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache StrutsApache Software Foundation |
|
References
- https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/http-vuln-cve2017-5638.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-002.txt
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-under-massive-attack-imperils-high-impact-sites/
- 41570exploit
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170310-0001/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/8064
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-046.html
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/03/apache-0-day-exploited.html
- https://www.imperva.com/blog/2017/03/cve-2017-5638-new-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-in-apache-struts-2/
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03733en_us
- VU#834067third-party-advisory
- https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22169
- https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-045.html
- 1037973vdb-entry
- http://www.eweek.com/security/apache-struts-vulnerability-under-attack.html
- 96729vdb-entry
- https://twitter.com/theog150/status/841146956135124993
- https://github.com/mazen160/struts-pwn
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141494/S2-45-poc.py.txt
- https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA145
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-14200
- https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=struts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=352306493971e7d5a756d61780d57a76eb1f519a
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03723en_us
- https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=struts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b8272ce47160036ed120a48345d9aa884477228
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-045
- 41614exploit
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-046
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03749en_us
- http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/cve-2017-5638-apache-struts-vulnerability-remote-code-execution/
- [announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019mailing-list
- [announce] 20210125 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020mailing-list
- [announce] 20210223 Re: Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020mailing-list
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5638government-resource
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