CVE-2016-8738

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 20, 2017
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Oct 18, 2016

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache StrutsApache Software Foundation	2.5 - 2.5.5Affected

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/
94657vdb-entry
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html

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