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: Invalid Path

Java/JSP

Abstract

Invalid path entries prevent Struts from locating the correct resource to service requests.

Explanation

Struts uses the path attribute to locate the resource necessary to handle a request. Since the path is a module-relative location, it is an error if it does not begin with a "/" character.

Example 1: The following configuration contains an empty path.


<global-exceptions>
  <exception key="global.error.invalidLogin" path="" scope="request" type="InvalidLoginException" />
</global-exceptions>

Example 2: The following configuration uses a path that does not start with a "/" character.


<global-forwards>
  <forward name="login" path="Login.jsp" />
</global-forwards>

References

[1] Apache Struts Specification

[2] Chuck Caveness, Brian Keeton

[3] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API8 Security Misconfiguration

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

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

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

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

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