RULE(RULE ID:305280)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2015-08-20
Rule Name: Apache Struts2 Parametersinterceptor Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2010-1870)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: The OGNL extensive expression evaluation capability in XWork in Struts 2.0.0 through 2.1.8.1, as used in Atlassian Fisheye, Crucible, and possibly other products, uses a permissive whitelist, which allows remote attackers to modify server-side context objects and bypass the "#" protection mechanism in ParameterInterceptors via the (1) #context, (2) #_memberAccess, (3) #root, (4) #this, (5) #_typeResolver, (6) #_classResolver, (7) #_traceEvaluations, (8) #_lastEvaluation, (9) #_keepLastEvaluation, and possibly other OGNL context variables.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary command via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Linux, Other Unix, Others
Reference: ExploitDB:14360
SecurityFocusBID:41592
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://people.apache.org/builds/struts/2.2.1/
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&