CVE-2007-4556

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Struts support in OpenSymphony XWork before 1.2.3, and 2.x before 2.0.4, as used in WebWork and Apache Struts, recursively evaluates all input as an Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expression when altSyntax is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) or execute arbitrary code via form input beginning with a "%{" sequence and ending with a "}" character.

Struts support in OpenSymphony XWork before 1.2.3, and 2.x before 2.0.4, as used in WebWork and Apache Struts, recursively evaluates all input as an Object-Graph Navigation Language (OGNL) expression when altSyntax is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) or execute arbitrary code via form input beginning with a "%{" sequence and ending with a "}" character.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-08-28 01:17:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-26 14:00:00

Affected Software

OpenSymphony XWork

References

http://forums.opensymphony.com/ann.jspa?annID=54

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/WW-2030

Third Party Advisory

http://jira.opensymphony.com/browse/XW-544

Vendor Advisory

http://jira.opensymphony.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10050&styleName=Html&version=21701

Vendor Advisory

http://jira.opensymphony.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10050&styleName=Html&version=21706

Vendor Advisory

37072

Broken Link

26681

Third Party Advisory

26693

Third Party Advisory

26694

Third Party Advisory

http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/s2-001.html

Patch, Third Party Advisory

http://wiki.opensymphony.com/display/WW/1.2.3+Press+Release

Vendor Advisory

25524

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

ADV-2007-3041

Third Party Advisory

ADV-2007-3042

Third Party Advisory

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