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 Form Bean

Java/JSP

Abstract

A Struts action that points to a nonexistent form-bean will not be mapped correctly.

Explanation

Struts uses form-bean entries to map HTML forms to actions. If the name attribute in an <action> tag does not correspond with the name of a form-bean, the action cannot be mapped and indicates either a superfluous definition or a typographical error.

Example 1: The following configuration does not contain a mapping for bean2.


<form-beans>
  <form-bean name="bean1" type="coreservlets.UserFormBean" />
</form-beans>

<action-mappings>
  <action path="/actions/register1" type="coreservlets.RegisterAction1" name="bean1" scope="request" />
  <action path="/actions/register2" type="coreservlets.RegisterAction2" name="bean2" scope="request" />
</action-mappings>

References

[1] Apache Struts 1.3 Specification

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

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

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

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

[6] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 3.6 - Sensitive Data Retention

[7] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.1 Control Objective 3.6 - Sensitive Data Retention

[8] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.2 Control Objective 3.6 - Sensitive Data Retention

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