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CVE-2018-11776

Published: Aug 22, 2018

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when alwaysSelectFullNamespace is true (either by user or a plugin like Convention Plugin) and then: results are used with no namespace and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace and similar to results, same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper package have no or wildcard namespace.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Struts	affected `2.3 to 2.3.34` affected `2.5 to 2.5.16`

References

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[announce] 20200131 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2019

mailing-list

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0002/

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-057

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0012

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2018-11776-5072787.html

https://lgtm.com/blog/apache_struts_CVE-2018-11776

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180822-0001/

http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-005.txt

https://github.com/hook-s3c/CVE-2018-11776-Python-PoC

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172830/Apache-Struts-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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