These are the notes for the Struts 2.5.1 distribution.
For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.5
- If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.
Maven Dependency
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId> <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> </dependency>
You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below
Struts Archetype Catalog
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/
Staging Repository
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>apache.nexus</id>
<name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
Internal Changes
All security patches applied to version Struts 2.3.29 were also applied to this version (just in case)- Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator S2-041
- [WW-4558] - contentType override ignored for JSONInterceptor
- [WW-4618] - MessageStorePreResultListener doesn't store messages for 3rd-party RedirectResult subclasses
- [WW-4622] - [struts2-tiles-plugin] [2.3.28] [StrutsWildcardServletTilesApplicationContext] getRealPath
- [WW-4626] - EmailValidator flags .cat emails as invalid
- [WW-4632] - SMI cannot be disabled
- [WW-4634] - Centre alignment doesn't seem to work in Velocity tags
- [WW-4637] - Unable to process Jar entry (javassist-3.20.0-GA.jar)
- [WW-4643] - Strict Method Invocation breaks Action-Less Results
- [WW-4640] - When method is not allowed throw exception with meanigful message
- [WW-4644] - update struts2 bom