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Apache Struts 2 REST Plugin XStream RCE

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Disclosed
Sep 5, 2017
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Apache Struts versions 2.1.2 - 2.3.33 and Struts 2.5 - Struts 2.5.12,
using the REST plugin, are vulnerable to a Java deserialization attack
in the XStream library.

Authors

Man Yue Mo
wvu [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Python,Unix,Windows

Architectures

cmd, python, x86, x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/struts2_rest_xstream
    msf exploit(struts2_rest_xstream) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(struts2_rest_xstream) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(struts2_rest_xstream) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(struts2_rest_xstream) > exploit
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