CVE-2016-8738

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.9

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.6

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-4465,CVE-2016-8738,CVE-2017-9804 are fixed in Apache-struts2-core 2.5.13	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-4465,CVE-2016-8738,CVE-2017-9804 are fixed in Apache-structs2-core for Linux 2.5.13	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234