GHSA-47qp-8v9g-39hp

Code injection in Apache Struts

Description

The Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper supports a method for short-circuit navigation state changes by prefixing parameters with "action:" or "redirect:", followed by a desired navigational target expression. This mechanism was intended to help with attaching navigational information to buttons within forms. In Struts 2 before 2.3.15.1 the information following "action:", "redirect:" or "redirectAction:" is not properly sanitized. Since said information will be evaluated as OGNL expression against the value stack, this introduces the possibility to inject server side code.

Affected packages

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2251 ADVISORY
• https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/3cfe34fefedcf0fdcfcb061c0aea34a715b7de6 WEB
• https://github.com/apache/struts/commit/630e1ba065a8215c4e9ac03bfb09be9d655c2b6e WEB
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90392 WEB
• https://github.com/apache/struts PACKAGE
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4140 WEB
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2251 WEB
• http://archiva.apache.org/security.html WEB
• http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2014010087 WEB
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159629/Apache-Struts-2-Remote-Code-Execution.html WEB
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Oct/96 WEB
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/89 WEB
• http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/s2-016.html WEB
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131023-struts2 WEB
• http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-bpm-analytics-201301e.html WEB
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html WEB
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html WEB

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