Kingdom: Input Validation and Representation

Input validation and representation problems ares caused by metacharacters, alternate encodings and numeric representations. Security problems result from trusting input. The issues include: "Buffer Overflows," "Cross-Site Scripting" attacks, "SQL Injection," and many others.

Dynamic Code Evaluation: Unsafe BeanUtils Deserialization

Java/JSP

Abstract

Deserializing user-controlled objects using BeanUtils may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server, abuse application logic, and/or lead to denial of service.

Explanation

BeanUtils is used to deserialize user-controlled data, in this case a Redis Hash, which contains type discriminators and values to be assigned to the object fields. BeanUtils will reconstruct the object by invoking the setters for these fields, allowing an attacker to pass arbitrary data to an arbitrary class setter. If attackers can specify the classes of the objects to be reconstructed and are able to force the application to run arbitrary setters with user-controlled data, they may be able to execute arbitrary code during the deserialization of the Redis Hash.

Example 1: The following code uses BeanUtilsHashMapper to deserialize Redis Hashes that might enable attacker in control of such Hashes to run arbitrary code.


    HashMapper<Person, String, String> hashMapper = new BeanUtilsHashMapper<Person>(Person.class);
    Person p = hashMapper.fromHash(untrusted_map);

References

[1] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 502

[2] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2019 [23] CWE ID 502

[3] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2020 [21] CWE ID 502

[4] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2021 [13] CWE ID 502

[5] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2022 [12] CWE ID 502

[6] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2023 [15] CWE ID 502

[7] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration Top 25 2024 [16] CWE ID 502

[8] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-001764, CCI-001774, CCI-002754

[9] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 SI

[10] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Indirect Access to Sensitive Data

[11] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 CM-7 Least Functionality (P1), SI-10 Information Input Validation (P1)

[12] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 CM-7 Least Functionality, SI-10 Information Input Validation

[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 1.5.2 Input and Output Architectural Requirements (L2 L3), 5.5.1 Deserialization Prevention Requirements (L1 L2 L3), 5.5.3 Deserialization Prevention Requirements (L1 L2 L3)

[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M7 Client Side Injection

[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2024 M4 Insufficient Input/Output Validation

[16] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A6 Injection Flaws

[17] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2007 A2 Injection Flaws

[18] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A1 Injection

[19] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A1 Injection

[20] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A8 Insecure Deserialization

[21] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A08 Software and Data Integrity Failures

[22] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 6.5.6

[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 6.3.1.1, Requirement 6.5.2

[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 2.0 Requirement 6.5.1

[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 6.5.1

[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 6.5.1

[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 6.5.1

[28] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 6.5.1

[29] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 6.2.4

[30] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0.1 Requirement 6.2.4

[31] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection

[32] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection, Control Objective B.3.1 - Terminal Software Attack Mitigation, Control Objective B.3.1.1 - Terminal Software Attack Mitigation

[33] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection, Control Objective B.3.1 - Terminal Software Attack Mitigation, Control Objective B.3.1.1 - Terminal Software Attack Mitigation, Control Objective C.3.2 - Web Software Attack Mitigation, Control Objective C.3.5 - Web Software Attack Mitigation

[34] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2009 Insecure Interaction - CWE ID 116

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP3510 CAT I, APP3570 CAT I

[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[47] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[48] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[49] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[50] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[51] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[52] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[53] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[54] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[55] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002530 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[56] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-001480 CAT II, APSC-DV-001490 CAT II, APSC-DV-002530 CAT II, APSC-DV-002560 CAT I

[57] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Improper Input Handling (WASC-20)

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