Struts: Plug-in Framework not in Use |
Weakness ID: 106 (Weakness Variant) | Status: Draft |
Description Summary
Unchecked input is the leading cause of vulnerabilities in J2EE applications. Unchecked input leads to cross-site scripting, process control, and SQL injection vulnerabilities, among others. Although J2EE applications are not generally susceptible to memory corruption attacks, if a J2EE application interfaces with native code that does not perform array bounds checking, an attacker may be able to use an input validation mistake in the J2EE application to launch a buffer overflow attack. To prevent such attacks, use the Struts Validator to check all program input before it is processed by the application. Ensure that there are no holes in your configuration of the Struts Validator. Example uses of the validator include checking to ensure that: * Phone number fields contain only valid characters in phone numbers * Boolean values are only "T" or "F" * Free-form strings are of a reasonable length and composition |
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Primary | (where the weakness exists independent of other weaknesses) |
Nature | Type | ID | Name | View(s) this relationship pertains to![]() |
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ChildOf | ![]() | 20 | Improper Input Validation | Seven Pernicious Kingdoms (primary)700 |
ChildOf | ![]() | 101 | Struts Validation Problems | Development Concepts (primary)699 |
ChildOf | ![]() | 693 | Protection Mechanism Failure | Research Concepts (primary)1000 |
ChildOf | ![]() | 722 | OWASP Top Ten 2004 Category A1 - Unvalidated Input | Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2004) (primary)711 |
Mapped Taxonomy Name | Node ID | Fit | Mapped Node Name |
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7 Pernicious Kingdoms | Struts: Plug-in Framework Not In Use |
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Submission Date | Submitter | Organization | Source | |
7 Pernicious Kingdoms | Externally Mined | |||
Modifications | ||||
Modification Date | Modifier | Organization | Source | |
2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | Cigital | External | |
updated Potential Mitigations, Time of Introduction | ||||
2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | MITRE | Internal | |
updated Relationships, Other Notes, Taxonomy Mappings, Weakness Ordinalities | ||||
2009-03-10 | CWE Content Team | MITRE | Internal | |
updated Relationships |