GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-47qp-8v9g-39hp Code injection in Apache Struts

CRITICAL Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2025-10-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-2251
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.struts:struts2-core
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-74
Reviewed
2022-11-03

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.struts:struts2-core: < 2.3.15.1 → fixed in 2.3.15.1

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-2251 Apache Struts 2.0.0 through 2.3.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expressions via a parameter with a crafted (1)… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References