CVE-2018-11776 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-005.txt http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2018-11776-5072787.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105125 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041547 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041888 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-057 https://github.com/hook-s3c/CVE-2018-11776-Python-PoC https://lgtm.com/blog/apache_struts_CVE-2018-11776 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c@3Cannounce.apache.org3E https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0012 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180822-0001/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0002/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45260/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45262/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45367/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html 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.

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1