CVE-2017-15717: A flaw in the way URLs are escaped and encoded in the org.apache.sling.xss.impl.XSSAPIImpl#getValidHref and org.apache.sling.xss.impl.XSSFilterImpl#isValidHref…

PriorityP429medium6.1CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EPSS

2.91%

85.4th percentile

A flaw in the way URLs are escaped and encoded in the org.apache.sling.xss.impl.XSSAPIImpl#getValidHref and org.apache.sling.xss.impl.XSSFilterImpl#isValidHref allows special crafted URLs to pass as valid, although they carry XSS payloads. The affected versions are Apache Sling XSS Protection API 1.0.4 to 1.0.18, Apache Sling XSS Protection API Compat 1.1.0 and Apache Sling XSS Protection API 2.0.0.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	sling_xss_protection_api	<= 1.0.18	—
apache	sling_xss_protection_api	—	—
apache	sling_xss_protection_api_compat	—	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_sling	—	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_sling	—	—
apache_software_foundation	apache_sling	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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