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Getter as action method leads to security bypass |
Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users |
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Impact of vulnerability | Possible manipulation of return result and bypassing validation |
Maximum security rating |
Moderate | |
Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.3.29. |
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Affected Software | Struts 2.3.20 - Struts Struts 2.3.28.1 |
Reporter | Takeshi Terada websec02 dot g02 at gmail.com |
CVE Identifier | CVE-2016-4433 |
Problem
It is possible to pass a crafted request which can be used to bypass internal security mechanism and manipulate return string which can leads to redirecting user to unvalidated location.
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