FKIE_CVE-2017-15717

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-10 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:08
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@apache.orghttps://s.apache.org/CVE-2017-15717Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://s.apache.org/CVE-2017-15717Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache sling_xss_protection_api *
apache sling_xss_protection_api 2.0.0
apache sling_xss_protection_api_compat 1.1.0
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