CVE-2017-9802

The Javascript method Sling.evalString() in Apache Sling Servlets Post before 2.3.22 uses the javascript 'eval' function to parse input strings, which allows for XSS attacks by passing specially crafted input strings.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - security@apache.org

Published

2017-08-14

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Sling Servlets Post (Apache)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143758/Apache-Sling-Servlets-Post-2.3.20-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541024/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100284
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-7041
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2f4b8333e44c6e7e0b00933bd4204ce64829952f60dbb6814f2cdf91%40%3Cdev.sling.apache.org…