CWE-103

Common consequences2

• OtherUnexpected StateVaries by Context

  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.

• ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailabilityOtherOther

  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.

Potential mitigations1

1. Implementation

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

Relationships2

• ChildOfCWE-573
• ChildOfCWE-20