apache/struts · Security
Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-8738
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation