Kingdom: Environment

This section includes everything that is outside of the source code but is still critical to the security of the product that is being created. Because the issues covered by this kingdom are not directly related to source code, we separated it from the rest of the kingdoms.

Struts Misconfiguration: Duplicate Form Bean

Java/JSP

Abstract

Multiple form-bean entries with the same name exist. Duplicate form-bean names often indicate left over debug code or a typographical error.

Explanation

Duplicate form-bean names serve no purpose since only the last entry will be registered when the same name is used in multiple <form-bean> tags.

Example 1: The following configuration has two form-bean entries with the same name.


<form-beans>
  <form-bean name="loginForm" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">
    <form-property name="name" type="java.lang.String" />
    <form-property name="password" type="java.lang.String" />
  </form-bean>
  <form-bean name="loginForm" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaActionForm">
    <form-property name="favoriteColor" type="java.lang.String" />
  </form-bean>
</form-beans>

References

[1] Apache Struts 1.3 Specification

[2] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 694

[3] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile 2014 M1 Weak Server Side Controls

[4] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2013 A5 Security Misconfiguration

[5] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A6 Security Misconfiguration

[6] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A05 Security Misconfiguration

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

[8] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection

[9] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 4.2 - Critical Asset Protection

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