🛡️ CVE-2013-4310 — struts2-core
Description
Apache Struts2 Broken Access Control Vulnerability
The Struts 2 action mapping mechanism supports the special parameter prefix action: which is intended to help with attaching navigational information to buttons within forms, under certain conditions this can be used to bypass security constraints.
In Struts 2.3.15.3 the action mapping mechanism was changed to avoid circumventing security constraints. Two additional constants were introduced to steer behaviour of DefaultActionMapper:
- struts.mapper.action.prefix.enabled - when set to false support for "action:" prefix is disabled, set to false by default
- struts.mapper.action.prefix.crossNamespaces - when set to false, actions defined with "action:" prefix must be in the same namespace as current action
Weakness class
CVE-2013-4310 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.
Affected software
CVE-2013-4310 is recorded against 1 package.
- org.apache.struts:struts2-core (fixed in 2.3.15.3)
Timeline and source
Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 7 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
struts.apache.org (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.struts:struts2-core | — | 2.3.15.3 |
References
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