Input validation error in Apache Struts - CVE-2016-4465
Published: September 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46150
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4465
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed to built-in URLValidator. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Apache Struts
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4465
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Struts - addressed in versions 2.3.29, 2.5.13