Insecure Access Control in Apache Struts 2.3.1.2 and earlier, 2.3.19-2.3.23

CVE-2011-5057 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Apache Struts 2.3.1.2 and earlier, 2.3.19-2.3.23, provides interfaces that do not properly restrict access to collections such as the session and request collections, which might allow remote attackers to modify run-time data values via a crafted parameter to an application that implements an affected interface, as demonstrated by the SessionAware, RequestAware, ApplicationAware, ServletRequestAware, ServletResponseAware, and ParameterAware interfaces. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report because of an "easy work-around in existing apps by configuring the interceptor."

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