CVE-2016-8738 (GCVE-0-2016-8738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1085 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Struts Affected: 2.5 - 2.5.5
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Date Public
2016-12-19 00:00
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