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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-755CWE-755
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- APACHE
- Published
- 3/11/2017
- Last Modified
- 10/22/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
apache : strutsapache : strutsibm : storwize_v3500_firmwareibm : storwize_v3500_firmwareibm : storwize_v5000_firmwareibm : storwize_v5000_firmwareibm : storwize_v7000_firmwareibm : storwize_v7000_firmwarelenovo : storage_v5030_firmwarelenovo : storage_v5030_firmwarehp : server_automationhp : server_automationhp : server_automationhp : server_automationhp : server_automationoracle : weblogic_serveroracle : weblogic_serveroracle : weblogic_serveroracle : weblogic_serverarubanetworks : clearpass_policy_managernetapp : oncommand_balance
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