CVE-2017-9802 in Sling

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 06/21/2017
• Disclosure: 08/14/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-105288 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-79 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.2
• EPSS: 0.00584
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9802
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9802
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-9802/