CVE-2016-8738

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…

published September 20, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
88.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03259 · 88.2th percentile
Published
2017-09-20T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 SEP 17:00Z
    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…
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