Apache Struts vulnerable to possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 4, 2024
Package
Affected versions
>= 2.3.20, < 2.3.29
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.13
Patched versions
2.3.29
2.5.13
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 4, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Reviewed
Nov 3, 2022
Last updated
Jan 4, 2024
The URLValidator class in Apache Struts 2 2.3.20 through 2.3.28.1 and 2.5.x before 2.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a null value for a URL field.
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