Apache Struts forced double OGNL evaluation

GHSA-864w-r5qj-h6fj · CVE-2016-4461

Published May 14, 2022 · Modified Apr 23, 2025

Description

Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "%{}" sequence in a tag attribute, aka forced double OGNL evaluation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0785.

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4461
PACKAGE https://github.com/apache/struts
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180629-0004
WEB https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-036.html

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