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CVE-2012-0838 (GCVE-0-2012-0838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-03-02 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:38
VLAI
Summary
Apache Struts 2 before 2.2.3.1 evaluates a string as an OGNL expression during the handling of a conversion error, which allows remote attackers to modify run-time data values, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via invalid input to a field.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000012 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
http://struts.apache.org/2.3.1.2/docs/s2-007.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3668 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN79099262/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
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