Vulnerability CVE-2016-8738
Published: 2017-09-20

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Apache -> Struts 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94657
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003/
https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html
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