CVE-2017-7672: Apache Struts

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 9.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

If an application allows enter an URL in a form field and built-in URLValidator is used, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.

Affected products

• Apache Struts: version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 2.5.2 only; version 2.5.5 only; version 2.5.8 only; version 2.5.10 only; …

Published 2017-07-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.