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Apache Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper Prefixes OGNL Code Execution

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Apache Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper Prefixes OGNL Code Execution

Disclosed
07/02/2013
Created
05/30/2018

Description

The Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper supports a method for short-circuit navigation state changes by prefixing parameters with "action:" or "redirect:", followed by a desired navigational target expression. This mechanism was intended to help with attaching navigational information to buttons within forms. In Struts 2 before 2.3.15.1 the information following "action:", "redirect:" or "redirectAction:" is not properly sanitized. Since said information will be evaluated as OGNL expression against the value stack, this introduces the possibility to inject server side code.

Author(s)

  • Takeshi Terada
  • sinn3r <sinn3r@metasploit.com>
  • juan vazquez <juan.vazquez@metasploit.com>

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

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