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[email protected]CVE-2016-8738

HistorySep 20, 2017 - 5:29 p.m.

CVE-2016-8738

2017-09-2017:29:00

CWE-20

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2016-8738

apache struts

urlvalidator

security

vulnerability

nvd

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.5%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

apachestrutsRange2.5–2.5.5

CPENameOperatorVersion
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5.1
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5.2
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5.3
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5.4
apache:strutsapache strutseq2.5.5

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5.1
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5.2
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5.3
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5.4
apache:struts	apache struts	eq	2.5.5

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Apache Struts",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.5 - 2.5.5"
      }
    ]
  }
]