CVE-2016-8738: Improper Input Validation

September 20, 2017 (updated July 1, 2018)

In Apache Struts, 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.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94657
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738
struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html

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