apache/struts · Security
Cross-site Scripting in Apache Struts
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-56f8-g68r-j699
- CVE ID
- CVE-2011-1772
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
Description
Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in XWork generated error pages in Apache Struts. By default, XWork doesn't escape action's names in automatically generated error page, allowing for a successful XSS attack. When Dynamic Method Invocation (DMI) is enabled, the action name is generated dynamically base on request parameters. This allows to call non-existing page and method to produce error page with injected code as below. As of Struts 2.2.3 the action names are escaped when automatically generated error pages are rendered.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1772 ↗
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3579 ↗
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25435092/index.html ↗
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000106 ↗
- http://secureappdev.blogspot.com/2011/05/apache-struts-2-xwork-webwork-reflected.html ↗
- http://struts.apache.org/2.2.3/docs/version-notes-223.html ↗
- http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-006.html ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-56f8-g68r-j699 ↗