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Read: Apache Struts Patches ‘Critical Vulnerability’ CVE-2018-11776

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On August 22, Apache Struts released a [security patch](<http://struts.apache.org/announce.html#a20180822-1>) fixing a critical remote code execution vulnerability. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2018-11776 (S2-057) and affects Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed by Man Yue Mo from the Semmle Security Research team, check out a detailed description [here](<https://lgtm.com/blog/apache_struts_CVE-2018-11776>). An [exploit PoC ](<https://github.com/jas502n/St2-057/blob/master/README.md>)has already been published. [Imperva WAF](<https://www.imperva.com/products/application-security/web-application-firewall-waf/>) customers are protected out of the box against this vulnerability, no need for any special configuration on the customer end.


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