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TITLE:
Struts2 SessionAware / RequestAware Session Manipulation Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47109

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-07

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Apache Struts, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to the
org.apache.struts2.interceptor.SessionAware or
org.apache.struts2.interceptor.RequestAware interfaces not blocking
access to the session map, which can be exploited to change the
session map by sending specially crafted requests to an application
using the interfaces in combination with auto-binding.

SOLUTION:
Add session to the list of ignored parameters.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Hisato Killing

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-2264
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3631

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