{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234/events","html_url":"https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234","id":151766396,"number":234,"title":"Application Won't Start","user":{"login":"tadwhitaker","id":6912305,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6912305?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker","html_url":"https://github.com/tadwhitaker","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tadwhitaker/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-04-28T23:35:59Z","updated_at":"2016-04-29T00:48:16Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Any help would be great. Seems simple enough: Download application, cd into the directory and run java -jar webgoat-container-7.0.1-war-exec.jar\r\n\r\nHowever, that returns the following error:\r\n\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/WebGoat] listenerStart\r\nSEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.owasp.webgoat.application.WebGoatServletListener\r\njava.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/owasp/webgoat/application/WebGoatServletListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class org.owasp.webgoat.application.WebGoatServletListener)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2961)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:506)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:488)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:115)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4932)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5524)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)\r\n\tat org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)\r\n\tat java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)\r\n\tat java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)\r\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)\r\n\tat java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)\r\n\tat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/WebGoat] listenerStart\r\nSEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal\r\nSEVERE: Error listenerStart\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGeneratorBase createSecureRandom\r\nINFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [103] milliseconds.\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal\r\nSEVERE: Context [/WebGoat] startup failed due to previous errors\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbc\r\nSEVERE: The web application [/WebGoat] registered the JDBC driver [org.h2.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.\r\nApr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start\r\nINFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [\"http-bio-8080\"]"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/comments/215603385","html_url":"https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234#issuecomment-215603385","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues/234","id":215603385,"user":{"login":"mayhew64","id":3689202,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3689202?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64","html_url":"https://github.com/mayhew64","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mayhew64/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-29T00:48:16Z","updated_at":"2016-04-29T00:48:16Z","body":"The version 51 is a java incompatibility. We use Java 8 so you are probably running with Java 7. \n\n> On Apr 28, 2016, at 7:36 PM, Tad Whitaker <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n> \n> Any help would be great. Seems simple enough: Download application, cd into the directory and run java -jar webgoat-container-7.0.1-war-exec.jar\n> \n> However, that returns the following error:\n> \n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/WebGoat] listenerStart\n> SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.owasp.webgoat.application.WebGoatServletListener\n> java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/owasp/webgoat/application/WebGoatServletListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class org.owasp.webgoat.application.WebGoatServletListener)\n> at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2961)\n> at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210)\n> at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690)\n> at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:506)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:488)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:115)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4932)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5524)\n> at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)\n> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)\n> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)\n> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)\n> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)\n> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)\n> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/WebGoat] listenerStart\n> SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal\n> SEVERE: Error listenerStart\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGeneratorBase createSecureRandom\n> INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [103] milliseconds.\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal\n> SEVERE: Context [/WebGoat] startup failed due to previous errors\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbc\n> SEVERE: The web application [/WebGoat] registered the JDBC driver [org.h2.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.\n> Apr 28, 2016 4:24:06 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start\n> INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [\"http-bio-8080\"]\n> \n> —\n> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> \n"}}