Bug 1348252 – CVE-2016-4431 struts: Possible manipulation of return result and bypassing validation

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Bug 1348252 - (CVE-2016-4431) CVE-2016-4431 struts: Possible manipulation of return result and bypassing validation

Summary:	CVE-2016-4431 struts: Possible manipulation of return result and bypassing va...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-4431

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2016-06-20 10:46 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-01-30 10:45 EST (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Struts 2.3.29
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-06-20 10:46:46 EDT

Using existing default method it can be possible to bypass internal security mechanism and manipulate return string which can leads to redirecting user to unvalidated location.

Affected versions: Struts 2.3.20 - Struts 2.3.28.1

External References:

https://struts.apache.org/docs/s2-040.html

Comment 1 gil cattaneo 2016-06-20 10:48:07 EDT

thanks for the information, but I remove from the CC list.

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