Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Apache Struts2 A local code execution issue exists in Apache Struts2 when processing malformed XSLT files, which could let a malicious user upload and execute arbitrary files. A patch exists as of version 2.5.22.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
maven	org.apache.struts:struts2-core	>=2.0 <2.5.22	2.5.22

Aliases

1. CVE-2012-15922. NVD-2012-15923. OSV-2012-15924. GCVE-2012-15925. ACCESS-cve-2012-15926. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2012-1592

References

1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-15922. https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/struts-default.xml#L39-L763. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-50554. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r348ed455a140273c40b974f0615dee692f7c9b26c6de2118b4280ef2%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E5. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r348ed455a140273c40b974f0615dee692f7c9b26c6de2118b4280ef2@%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E6. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r593ebb2f4c95b064e6901fd273eff256c493db952bdb484395948ffc%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E7. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r593ebb2f4c95b064e6901fd273eff256c493db952bdb484395948ffc@%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E8. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93c4e3f6cb138cd117c739714f07e47af547183ba099ba46be2b2a5b%40%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E9. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93c4e3f6cb138cd117c739714f07e47af547183ba099ba46be2b2a5b@%3Cissues.struts.apache.org%3E10. https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/11011. https://struts.apache.org/security/#internal-security-mechanism12. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1213. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37009

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