What is CVE-2017-5657?

CVE-2017-5657 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Archiva, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2017-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-5657?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

CSRF in Apache Archiva

CVE-2017-5657

Several REST service endpoints of Apache Archiva are not protected against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. A malicious site opened in the same browser as the archiva site, may send an HTML response that performs arbitrary actions on archiva services, with the same rights as the active archiva session (e.g. administrator rights).

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Archiva
Apache Software Foundation Archiva — versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 1.x, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

archiva.apache.org/security.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98570 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038528 (vdb-entry)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5657?: CVE-2017-5657 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Archiva, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2017-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-5657?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.