Security News > 2018 > August > PoC exploit for critical Apache Struts flaw found online
2018-08-27 15:26
The Apache Software Foundation revealed last week the existence of a critical Apache Struts flaw (CVE-2018-11776) similar to the one exploited in the Equifax breach and urged organizations and developers to upgrade their installations to versions 2.3.35 or 2.5.17. The vulnerability was flagged by Semmle security researcher Man Yue Mo and the company joined ASF’s entreaties for speedy mitigation. “Previous disclosures of similarly critical vulnerabilities have resulted in exploits being published within a day, putting … More → The post PoC exploit for critical Apache Struts flaw found online appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Related Vulnerability
| 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 |