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CVE-2017-7672

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7672 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Struts versions prior to 2.5.12. An attacker can craft a special URL that, when processed by the built-in URLValidator, overloads the server process. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high impact on availability, but high attack complexity. While Oracle released patches, there is no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and minimal community discussion, indicating low active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0905 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.struts:struts2-coreFixed in: 2.5.12

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-9gp7-jvm2-r4mxmedium

Apache Struts Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Oct 16, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-7672Low

struts: Denial of service in built-in URLValidator

Aug 11, 2017

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/3795c4dd46d9ec75f4a6eb9eca11c11edd3e796c6c1fd7b17b5dc50d%40%3Cannouncements.struts.apache.org%3E
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180706-0002
struts.apache.org / docs/s2-047.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-9805-3889403.html
securityfocus.com / bid/99563
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039114