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: Missing Action Input

Java/JSP

Abstract

It is an error to omit the input attribute for named Struts actions that can return validation errors..

Explanation

The struts specification requires an input attribute whenever a named action returns validation errors[2]. The input attribute specifies the page used to display error messages when validation errors occur.
Example 1: The following configuration defines a named validating action, but does not specify an input attribute.


<action-mappings>
  <action   path="/Login"
            type="com.LoginAction"
            name="LoginForm"
            scope="request"
            validate="true" />
</action-mappings>

References

[1] Apache Struts Specification

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

[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

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

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

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