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. Solution is to upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.12.
problem types: DoS Attack
affected:
{
product: Apache Struts
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
status: affected, version: 2.5 to 2.5.10.1
}