Detail CWE-103

CWE-103

Struts: Incomplete validate() Method Definition
2006-07-19
00h00 +00:00
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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Nama: Struts: Incomplete validate() Method Definition

The product has a validator form that either does not define a validate() method, or defines a validate() method but does not call super.validate().

Informasi Umum

Detail Latar Belakang

Mode Pengenalan

Implementation

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Nama: Java (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Cakupan Dampak Kemungkinan
OtherUnexpected State, Varies by Context

Catatan: If the code does not call super.validate(), the Validation Framework cannot check the contents of the form against a validation form. In other words, the validation framework will be disabled for the given form. Disabling the validation framework for a form exposes the product to numerous types of attacks.
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Other
Other

Catatan: 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.

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Implementation
Implement the validate() method and call super.validate() within that method.

Metode Deteksi

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Efektivitas : High

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Catatan

This could introduce other weaknesses related to missing input validation.
The current description implies a loose composite of two separate weaknesses, so this node might need to be split or converted into a low-level category.

Referensi

REF-6

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors
Katrina Tsipenyuk, Brian Chess, Gary McGraw.
https://cwe.mitre.org/documents/sources/SevenPerniciousKingdoms.pdf

Pengajuan

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Tanggal rilis Version
7 Pernicious Kingdoms 2006-07-19 +00:00 2006-07-19 +00:00 Draft 3

Modifikasi

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Komentar
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Description, Maintenance_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-11-24 +00:00 updated Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-03-10 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2009-12-28 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-06-21 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-12-13 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Causal_Nature, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-07-20 +00:00 updated Background_Details, Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated References