Summary
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In Struts 2 before 2.3.15.2, under certain conditions this can be used to bypass security constraints.Broken Access Control Vulnerability in Apache Struts2 |
Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users |
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Impact of vulnerability | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
Maximum security rating | Important |
Recommendation | Developers should immediately upgrade to Struts 2.3.15.2 |
Affected Software | Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.3.15.1 |
Reporter | Zhangyan (L), Huawei PSIRT |
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Problem
The Struts 2 action mapping mechanism supports the special parameter prefix action: which is intended to help with attaching
navigational information to buttons within forms.
In Struts 2 before 2.3.15.2, under certain conditions this can be used to bypass security constraints. More details will available later on when the patch will be widely adopted.
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