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Apache Struts REST Plugin With Dynamic Method Invocation Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Jun 1, 2016
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in Apache Struts
version between 2.3.20 and 2.3.28 (except 2.3.20.2 and 2.3.24.2). Remote Code
Execution can be performed when using REST Plugin with ! operator when
Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled.

Author

Nixawk

Platform

Java,Linux,Windows

Architectures

x86, java

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