CVE-2016-8738
UNKNOWN
Published 2017-09-20T17:00:00Z
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Description
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 possible to prepare a special URL which will be used to overload server process when performing validation of the URL.
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Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqwAdvisory Details
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.
Affected Packages
Maven
org.apache.struts:struts2-core
ECOSYSTEM:
≥2.5.0
<2.5.13
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
5.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: January 4, 2024
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Published: 2017-09-20T17:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T20:32:00.228Z
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