(tick) These are the notes for the Struts 2.5.28.3 distribution.

(tick) For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.5.28.2

  • 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>2.5.28.3</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

  • (warning) Log4j has been upgrade to version 2.12.4 to address security vulnerability CVE-2021-44832, more details can be found on the Log4j page.


Please note, that the Apache Struts itself depends on the log4j-api package only, it's users' responsibility to use a proper version of the log4j-core package!

Issue List

Other resources