CVE-2016-8738
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8738
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8738.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8738
- Aliases
- Published
- 2017-09-20T17:29:00.337Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:53:53.616499Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/apache/struts
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/apache/struts
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.2" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.3" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.5" } ] }