Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/38858?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38858?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb", "summary": "Improper Input Validation\nIn Apache Struts, if an application allows entering a URL in a form field and the 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.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2016-8738" }, { "alias": "GHSA-86vq-8qhc-5rqw" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/53734?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.8", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-21k4-5a8r-7bd9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dvxu-9sh6-qbef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vztu-pap6-37ev" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.8" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/54101?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.13", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.13" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/52807?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-21k4-5a8r-7bd9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dvxu-9sh6-qbef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qdsq-8td3-5qa1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vztu-pap6-37ev" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/52809?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-21k4-5a8r-7bd9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dvxu-9sh6-qbef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vztu-pap6-37ev" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/53732?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-21k4-5a8r-7bd9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dvxu-9sh6-qbef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vztu-pap6-37ev" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/53733?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-21k4-5a8r-7bd9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7uv9-4vy7-ryd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dj42-wym9-nbhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dvxu-9sh6-qbef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hrky-nmnv-g3eu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmth-7rgf-aqfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vztu-pap6-37ev" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.struts/struts2-core@2.5.5" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8738", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.01107", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.78454", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8738" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/apache/struts", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/554b9dddb0fbd1e581ef577dd62a7c22955ad0f6" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0003" }, { "reference_url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-044.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94657", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94657" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738", "reference_id": "CVE-2016-8738", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8738" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 20, "name": "Improper Input Validation", "description": "The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ybuw-727z-r3eb" }