CVE-2016-8738
Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
If an application allows enter an URL in a form field and 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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8738
To remediate CVE-2016-8738, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.struts:struts2-core—upgrade to 2.5.13 or later
Is CVE-2016-8738 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |