Remote Code Execution Affecting org.apache.struts:struts2-core package, versions [2.3.0, 2.3.35) [2.5.0, 2.5.17)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHESTRUTS-32477
- published 22 Aug 2018
- disclosed 17 Aug 2018
- credit Man Yue Mo
Introduced: 17 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-11776 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.struts:struts2-core to version 2.3.35, 2.5.17 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.struts:struts2-core is a popular open-source framework for developing web applications in the Java programming language.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. When the namespace value is not set for a result defined in underlying xml configurations, and in same time, its upper action(s) configurations have no or wildcard namespace, an attacker may be able to conduct a remote code execution attack. They could also use the opportunity when using a url tag which does not have a value and action set and in same time, its upper action(s) configurations have no or wildcard namespace.