Question 1

What is this vulnerability? (Essence + Consequences)

Accepted Answer

🚨 **Essence**: Eclipse Jetty fails to properly sanitize URIs containing `%2e` or `%2e%2e`. 📉 **Consequences**: Attackers bypass security controls to access `WEB-INF` protected resources.…

Question 2

Root Cause? (CWE/Flaw)

Accepted Answer

🛡️ **CWE**: CWE-200 (Information Exposure).…

Question 3

Who is affected? (Versions/Components)

Accepted Answer

📦 **Product**: Eclipse Jetty (Java Web Server/Servlet Container). 📅 **Affected Versions**: 9.4.37.v20210219 **through** 9.4.38.v20210224. 🏢 **Vendor**: The Eclipse Foundation.

Question 4

What can hackers do? (Privileges/Data)

Accepted Answer

🕵️ **Privileges**: No authentication required (PR:N). 📂 **Data Access**: Can read files inside `WEB-INF/` (e.g., `web.xml`, classes, properties).…

Question 5

Is exploitation threshold high? (Auth/Config)

Accepted Answer

⚡ **Threshold**: LOW. 🌐 **Network**: Remote (AV:N). 🔑 **Auth**: None needed (PR:N). 🖱️ **User Interaction**: None (UI:N). 📉 **Complexity**: Low (AC:L). Simply sending a crafted HTTP request is enough.

Question 6

Is there a public Exp? (PoC/Wild Exploitation)

Accepted Answer

🔓 **Public Exploits**: YES. 📂 **PoCs Available**: Multiple GitHub repos (e.g., `vulhub`, `nuclei-templates`, `jammy0903`). 🚀 **Status**: Easy to reproduce and automate using standard scanning tools.

Question 7

How to self-check? (Features/Scanning)

Accepted Answer

🔍 **Check Method**: Send requests with URIs like `/WEB-INF/web.xml` using `%2e` or `%2e%2e` encoding.…

Question 8

Is it fixed officially? (Patch/Mitigation)

Accepted Answer

🛡️ **Official Fix**: YES. 📦 **Solution**: Upgrade to Eclipse Jetty version **9.4.39.v20210325** or later. 🔒 **Action**: Apply the vendor patch immediately to close the URI parsing loophole.

Question 9

What if no patch? (Workaround)

Accepted Answer

🚧 **No Patch Workaround**: 1. Configure a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to block URIs containing `%2e` or `%2e%2e`. 2.…

Question 10

Is it urgent? (Priority Suggestion)

Accepted Answer

⚠️ **Priority**: HIGH. 🚨 **Urgency**: Critical for Java-based web apps. 📉 **Risk**: CVSS 3.1 (Low severity score, but High impact due to ease of exploitation and lack of auth).…

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CVE-2021-28164 — AI Deep Analysis Summary

Q1What is this vulnerability? (Essence + Consequences)

Q2Root Cause? (CWE/Flaw)

Q3Who is affected? (Versions/Components)

Q4What can hackers do? (Privileges/Data)

Q5Is exploitation threshold high? (Auth/Config)

Q6Is there a public Exp? (PoC/Wild Exploitation)

Q7How to self-check? (Features/Scanning)

Q8Is it fixed officially? (Patch/Mitigation)

Q9What if no patch? (Workaround)

Q10Is it urgent? (Priority Suggestion)

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