CVE-2006-1547 vulnerability in Apache Products
Published on March 30, 2006
ActionForm in Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Struts before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a multipart/form-data encoded form with a parameter name that references the public getMultipartRequestHandler method, which provides further access to elements in the CommonsMultipartRequestHandler implementation and BeanUtils.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Apache Struts 1 ActionForm Denial-of-Service Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. ActionForm in Apache Struts versions before 1.2.9 with BeanUtils 1.7 contains a vulnerability which allows for denial-of-service.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by July 21, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2006-1547 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
The software provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted.
Products Associated with CVE-2006-1547
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Exploit Probability
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