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CVE-2017-9802
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
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.
Affected products
- Apache Sling Servlets Post: through 2.3.20
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%3E
- 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%3E
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