CVE-2021-31805
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-12 15:25
Modified
2024-08-03 23:10
Severity ?
Summary
Forced OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw not validated user input in tag attributes, may lead to RCE.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/12/6Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-062Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220420-0001/Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Impacted products
Apache Software FoundationApache Struts
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