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Validation is the first line of defense against injection, cross-site scripting, and many other attacks. Omitting it in modern web applications is simply negligent.


When creating a Struts ``++ActionForm++``, you have the choice of extending something from the ``++org.apache.struts.action++`` package, or extending something from the ``++org.apache.struts.validator++`` package. Since you can't use the Struts validator capabilities without extending something from the ``++validator++`` package, that should always be your choice. 


== Noncompliant Code Example

[source,java]
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public class MyForm extends org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm {  // Noncompliant
  // ...
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== Compliant Solution

[source,java]
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public class MyForm extends org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm {
  // ...
----


== See

* https://owasp.org/Top10/A03_2021-Injection/[OWASP Top 10 2021 Category A3] - Injection
* https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A1_2017-Injection[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A1] - Injection
* https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A7_2017-Cross-Site_Scripting_(XSS)[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A7] - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
* https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/104[MITRE, CWE-104] - Struts: Form Bean Does Not Extend Validation Class



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