CWE-105 - Struts: Form Field Without Validator
- Abstraction:Variant
- Structure:Simple
- Status:Draft
- Release Date:2006-07-19
- Latest Modification Date:2023-06-29
Weakness Name
Struts: Form Field Without Validator
Description
The product has a form field that is not validated by a corresponding validation form, which can introduce other weaknesses related to insufficient input validation.
Omitting validation for even a single input field may give attackers the leeway they need to compromise the product. 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.
Common Consequences
Scope: Integrity
Impact: Unexpected State
Scope: Integrity
Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Notes: If unused fields are not validated, shared business logic in an action may allow attackers to bypass the validation checks that are performed for other uses of the form.
