THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-18349
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-18349

Fastjson vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
39.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
parseObject in Fastjson before 1.2.25, as used in FastjsonEngine in Pippo 1.11.0 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON request, as demonstrated by a crafted rmi:// URI in the dataSourceName field of HTTP POST data to the Pippo /json URI, which is mishandled in AjaxApplication.java.
Affected vendor
Alibaba
Affected product
Fastjson
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-10-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-18349

  • Confirm whether Alibaba Fastjson is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-18349.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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