Security News > 2018 > August > Critical Apache Struts 2 Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
2018-08-22 16:10
Updates released on Wednesday for the Apache Struts 2 open source development framework address a critical vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execution. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-11776, affects Struts 2.3 through 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 through 2.5.16, and possibly unsupported versions of the framework. read more
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| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-22 | CVE-2018-11776 | Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Struts 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. | 8.1 |