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Apache Struts Remote Command Execution

Disclosed
07/13/2010
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in Apache Struts versions < 2.2.0. This issue is caused by a failure to properly handle unicode characters in OGNL extensive expressions passed to the web server. By sending a specially crafted request to the Struts application it is possible to bypass the "#" restriction on ParameterInterceptors by using OGNL context variables. Bypassing this restriction allows for the execution of arbitrary Java code.

Author(s)

  • bannedit <bannedit@metasploit.com>
  • Meder Kydyraliev

Platform

Linux,Windows

Development

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/struts_code_exec
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > exploit

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