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. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core

Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.12)

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-7672

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-9gp7-jvm2-r4mx

Published

October 16, 2018 7:36 PM

Last Modified

January 4, 2024 11:08 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.apache.struts:struts2-core

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.