CWE-105
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.
Parent Weaknesses (ChildOf)
Common Consequences
Scope
Impact
Unexpected State
Scope
Impact
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Potential Mitigations
Validate all form fields. If a field is unused, it is still important to constrain it so that it is empty or undefined.
Applicable Platforms
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