GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2024-01-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-8738
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.struts:struts2-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2022-11-03

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13 → fixed in 2.5.13

Description

If an application allows enter an URL in a form field and built-in URLValidator is used, it is possible to prepare a special URL which will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-8738 In Apache Struts 2.5 through 2.5.5, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the built-in URLValidator is used, it is… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References