CVE-2018-11776

struts2: Using specific results and namespaces can result in a remote code execution

Published Aug 22, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS 100.0% KEV · Listed
Description
Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true (either by user or a plugin like Convention Plugin) and then: results are used with no namespace and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace and similar to results, same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cr6j-3jp9-rw65 Apache Struts vulnerable to remote command execution (RCE) due to improper input validation