Input validation error in Apache Struts - CVE-2013-2251

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Input validation error in Apache Struts - CVE-2013-2251

Published: May 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89696
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2251
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary OGNL expressions via a parameter with a crafted (1) action:, (2) redirect:, or (3) redirectAction: prefix.


Affected software

Apache Struts
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family
Sterling Web Channel
IBM Sterling Order Management
Call Center for Commerce

How to mitigate CVE-2013-2251

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Struts - update to 2.3.16
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family - addressed in versions 6.4.1.7, 7.1.0.5
Sterling Web Channel - addressed in versions 9.0.0-SFP1, 9.1.0- SFP1
IBM Sterling Order Management - update to 10.0.0.29
Call Center for Commerce - update to 10.0.12

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