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CVE-2016-8738

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
20/09/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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