CVE-2017-12617
KEVHIGH 8.1EPSS 100.0%
When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
- CVSS v3.1
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.0
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H - CVSS v2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 99.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-03-25
- Nuclei
- high · CWE-434
- Published
- 2017-10-03
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (15)
- 3ndG4me/ghostcat6★ · 2021-08-16
- DevaDJ/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2024-12-16
- Kaizhe/attacker1★ · 2021-01-04
- LongWayHomie/CVE-2017-126174★ · 2021-12-11
- cyberheartmi9/CVE-2017-12617399★ · 2017-10-11
- devcoinfet/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2018-02-09
- qiantu88/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2018-12-19
- scirusvulgaris/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2024-06-28
- scxiaotan1/Docker0★ · 2023-03-21
- tyranteye666/tomcat-cve-2017-126171★ · 2021-07-03
- yZ1337/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2024-07-04
- yZee00/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2024-07-04
- yZeetje/CVE-2017-126170★ · 2024-07-04
- ygouzerh/CVE-2017-126172★ · 2019-01-14
- zi0Black/POC-CVE-2017-12615-or-CVE-2017-127175★ · 2017-10-10