10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.975 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%
Apache Struts is prone to multiple remote code
execution (RCE) vulnerabilities.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:struts";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117286");
script_version("2022-08-09T10:11:17+0000");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5638");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-08-09 10:11:17 +0000 (Tue, 09 Aug 2022)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-24 12:15:00 +0000 (Wed, 24 Feb 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-06 10:40:01 +0000 (Tue, 06 Apr 2021)");
script_name("Apache Struts Security Update (S2-045, S2-046) - Version Check");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_struts_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("apache/struts/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-045");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-046");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"S2-045");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"S2-046");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Struts is prone to multiple remote code
execution (RCE) vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the
target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following different vector for the same
vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2017-5638) exists:
- S2-045: It is possible to perform a RCE attack with a malicious Content-Type value. If
the Content-Type value isn't valid an exception is thrown which is then used to display
an error message to a user.
- S2-046: It is possible to perform a RCE attack with a malicious Content-Disposition
value or with improper Content-Length header. If the Content-Disposition /
Content-Length value is not valid an exception is thrown which is then used to display
an error message to a user.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Struts 2.3.5 through 2.3.31 and 2.5.x through
2.5.10.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.3.32, 2.5.10.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.3.5", test_version2: "2.3.31")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.3.32", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "2.5.0", test_version2: "2.5.10")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.5.10.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
10 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.975 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%