Learn about CWE-109 which involves improper input validation, potentially leading to vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting attacks.

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Understand CWE-109 related to improper input validation, prevention techniques, and the risk of cross-site scripting attacks. Stay informed.

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In the provided illustrative instance, the disabling of the form's validate() method is done through the Action Form mapping. The Struts bean: write tag carries out an automatic encoding of special HTML characters, such as replacing a < with "&lt;" and a > with "&gt;". Disabling this action can be achieved by specifying filter="false" as an attribute of the tag, enabling the disabling of specified JSP pages. However, it should be noted that disabling these pages renders them vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks, as an attacker could potentially insert malicious scripts as user input to be written onto these JSP pages.

CWE-109: Improper Input Validation

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