CVE-2017-15717

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Sling	XSS Protection API 1.0.4 to 1.0.18; XSS Protection API Compat 1.1.0; XSS Protection API 2.0.0

References

https://s.apache.org/CVE-2017-15717Vendor Advisory
https://s.apache.org/CVE-2017-15717Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 10, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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