CVE-2017-5657 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting several REST service endpoints in Apache Archiva. An attacker could craft a malicious website that, when visited by an authenticated Archiva user, forces their browser to perform unauthorized actions with the user's privileges, potentially including administrative functions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.0 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:archiva:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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