CVE Database · CVE-2017-12617
CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
99.99%
Published
Oct 3, 2017
Modified
Apr 21, 2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2022-03-25 · Due: 2022-04-15
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Public PoC / Exploit (12)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (157)
References (20)
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