This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository.
git-site-role pushed a commit to branch asf-staging
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/struts-site.git
The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/asf-staging by this push:
new eb89b6182 Updates stage by Jenkins
eb89b6182 is described below
commit eb89b61829485eb9001fca3b310b3a8566fccf2b
Author: jenkins <bui...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 5 06:03:05 2023 +0000
Updates stage by Jenkins
---
content/core-developers/interceptors.html | 2 -
content/core-developers/struts-default-xml.html | 2 -
content/plugins/plugins-architecture.html | 14 +-
content/security/index.html | 249 ++++++++++++++++--------
4 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/core-developers/interceptors.html
b/content/core-developers/interceptors.html
index 11506002a..e6375deda 100644
--- a/content/core-developers/interceptors.html
+++ b/content/core-developers/interceptors.html
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ than reiterate the same list of Interceptors, we can bundle
these Interceptors t
<span class="nt"><interceptors></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"alias"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
- <span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"autowiring"</span>
- <span class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.spring.interceptor.ActionAutowiringInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"chain"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"coep"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CoepInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"conversionError"</span>
diff --git a/content/core-developers/struts-default-xml.html
b/content/core-developers/struts-default-xml.html
index e6082f9a6..fa3262ffb 100644
--- a/content/core-developers/struts-default-xml.html
+++ b/content/core-developers/struts-default-xml.html
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ setting in <a
href="default-properties">default.properties</a>.</p>
<span class="nt"><interceptors></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"alias"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.AliasInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
- <span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"autowiring"</span>
- <span class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.spring.interceptor.ActionAutowiringInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"chain"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ChainingInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"coep"</span> <span
class="na">class=</span><span
class="s">"org.apache.struts2.interceptor.CoepInterceptor"</span><span
class="nt">/></span>
<span class="nt"><interceptor</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"conversionError"</span>
diff --git a/content/plugins/plugins-architecture.html
b/content/plugins/plugins-architecture.html
index 55b99112c..02c10f9de 100644
--- a/content/plugins/plugins-architecture.html
+++ b/content/plugins/plugins-architecture.html
@@ -480,7 +480,19 @@ For example, a plugin could provide a new class to create
Action classes or map
<td>struts.date.formatter</td>
<td>Allow define a date formatter used by <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><s:date/></code> tag (since
6.0.0)</td>
<td>singleton</td>
- <td>org.apache.struts2.components.date.DateFromatter</td>
+ <td>org.apache.struts2.components.date.DateFormatter</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>struts.ognlGuard</td>
+ <td>Define a custom OgnlGuard implementation to block raw or compiled
OGNL expressions (since 6.4.0)</td>
+ <td>singleton</td>
+ <td>org.apache.struts2.ognl.OgnlGuard</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>struts.securityMemberAccess</td>
+ <td>Define a custom SecurityMemberAccess implementation, used to
restrict OGNL evaluations based on classes involved (since 6.4.0)</td>
+ <td>prototype</td>
+ <td>com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.SecurityMemberAccess</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
diff --git a/content/security/index.html b/content/security/index.html
index ec0574a0d..53c99d166 100644
--- a/content/security/index.html
+++ b/content/security/index.html
@@ -163,22 +163,27 @@
<li><a
href="#do-not-use-incoming-untrusted-user-input-in-forced-expression-evaluation"
id="markdown-toc-do-not-use-incoming-untrusted-user-input-in-forced-expression-evaluation">Do
not use incoming, untrusted user input in forced expression evaluation</a></li>
<li><a href="#use-struts-tags-instead-of-raw-el-expressions"
id="markdown-toc-use-struts-tags-instead-of-raw-el-expressions">Use Struts tags
instead of raw EL expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#define-custom-error-pages"
id="markdown-toc-define-custom-error-pages">Define custom error pages</a></li>
- <li><a
href="#proactively-protect-from-ognl-expression-injections-attacks-if-easily-applicable"
id="markdown-toc-proactively-protect-from-ognl-expression-injections-attacks-if-easily-applicable">Proactively
protect from OGNL Expression Injections attacks if easily applicable</a>
<ul>
- <li><a href="#run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox"
id="markdown-toc-run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox">Run OGNL expressions
inside sandbox</a></li>
- <li><a href="#apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions"
id="markdown-toc-apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions">Apply a
maximum allowed length on OGNL expressions</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#internal-security-mechanism"
id="markdown-toc-internal-security-mechanism">Internal security mechanism</a>
<ul>
- <li><a href="#accessing-static-methods"
id="markdown-toc-accessing-static-methods">Accessing static methods</a></li>
- <li><a href="#ognl-is-used-to-call-actions-methods"
id="markdown-toc-ognl-is-used-to-call-actions-methods">OGNL is used to call
action’s methods</a></li>
- <li><a href="#accepted--excluded-patterns"
id="markdown-toc-accepted--excluded-patterns">Accepted / Excluded
patterns</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#ambiguous-action-methods"
id="markdown-toc-ambiguous-action-methods">Ambiguous Action Methods</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#accepted--excluded-patterns"
id="markdown-toc-accepted--excluded-patterns">Accepted / Excluded
Patterns</a></li>
<li><a href="#strict-method-invocation"
id="markdown-toc-strict-method-invocation">Strict Method Invocation</a></li>
<li><a href="#resource-isolation-using-fetch-metadata"
id="markdown-toc-resource-isolation-using-fetch-metadata">Resource Isolation
Using Fetch Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="#cross-origin-isolation-with-coop-and-coep"
id="markdown-toc-cross-origin-isolation-with-coop-and-coep">Cross Origin
Isolation with COOP and COEP</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li><a
href="#proactively-protecting-against-ognl-expression-injections-attacks"
id="markdown-toc-proactively-protecting-against-ognl-expression-injections-attacks">Proactively
protecting against OGNL Expression Injections attacks</a> <ul>
+ <li><a href="#run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox"
id="markdown-toc-run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox">Run OGNL expressions
inside sandbox</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions"
id="markdown-toc-apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions">Apply a
maximum allowed length on OGNL expressions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#ognl-member-access"
id="markdown-toc-ognl-member-access">OGNL Member Access</a> <ul>
+ <li><a href="#allowlist-capability"
id="markdown-toc-allowlist-capability">Allowlist Capability</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#extensibility"
id="markdown-toc-extensibility">Extensibility</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#struts-ognl-guard"
id="markdown-toc-struts-ognl-guard">Struts OGNL Guard</a> <ul>
+ <li><a href="#extensibility-1"
id="markdown-toc-extensibility-1">Extensibility</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
</ul>
<h2 id="security-tips">Security tips</h2>
@@ -326,7 +331,7 @@ Never use a raw <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">${}</code> EL
error pages. This avoids exposing users to XSS attacks as Struts does not
escape action’s names in automatically
generated error pages.</p>
-<p>You can eaither disable <a
href="../core-developers/action-configuration#dynamic-method-invocation">DMI</a></p>
+<p>You can either disable <a
href="../core-developers/action-configuration#dynamic-method-invocation">DMI</a></p>
<div class="language-xml highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre
class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><constant</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span
class="s">"struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation"</span> <span
class="na">value=</span><span class="s">"false"</span> <span
class="nt">/></span>
</code></pre></div></div>
@@ -342,69 +347,7 @@ generated error pages.</p>
<span class="nt"></global-exception-mappings></span>
</code></pre></div></div>
-<h3
id="proactively-protect-from-ognl-expression-injections-attacks-if-easily-applicable">Proactively
protect from OGNL Expression Injections attacks if easily applicable</h3>
-
-<p>The framework has a history of critical security bugs, many tied to its use
of OGNL technology; Due to its ability to
-create or change executable code, OGNL is capable of introducing critical
security flaws to any framework that uses it.
-Multiple Struts 2 versions have been vulnerable to OGNL security flaws.
Consequently, we’ve equipped OGNL and the
-framework with following proactive optional possibilities since OGNL 3.1.24
and Struts 2.5.22. They’re disabled by
-default but via enabling them, you can proactively protect from potential
still unknown OGNL Expression Injections flaws:</p>
-
-<blockquote>
- <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: These might break your current app functionality.
Before using in production environment, you’re recommended
-to comprehensively test your app UI and functionalities with these enabled.</p>
-</blockquote>
-
-<h4 id="run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox">Run OGNL expressions inside
sandbox</h4>
-
-<p>You can do this simply via adding <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">-Dognl.security.manager</code> to JVM arguments. OGNL
thereupon utilizes Java Security
-Manager to run OGNL expressions (which includes your actions either!) inside a
sandbox with no permission. It is worth
-noting that it affects only OGNL expression execution and thereafter OGNL
reverts Java Security Manager to its previous
-state.</p>
-
-<h4 id="apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions">Apply a maximum
allowed length on OGNL expressions</h4>
-
-<p>You can enable this via Struts configuration key <code
class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.ognl.expressionMaxLength</code>. OGNL thereupon
doesn’t evaluate any
-expression longer than specified value. You would choose a value large enough
to permit ALL valid OGNL expressions used
-within the application. Values larger than the 200-400 range have diminishing
security value (at which point it is
-really only a “style guard” for long OGNL expressions in an application).</p>
-
-<h2 id="internal-security-mechanism">Internal security mechanism</h2>
-
-<p>The Apache Struts 2 contains internal security manager which blocks access
to particular classes and Java packages -
-it’s a OGNL-wide mechanism which means it affects any aspect of the framework
ie. incoming parameters, expressions
-used in JSPs, etc. Matching is done based on both the target and member class
of an OGNL expression.</p>
-
-<p>There are 4 options that can be used to configure excluded packages and
classes:</p>
-
-<ul>
- <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedClasses</code>: comma-separated list of
excluded classes. Note that superclasses are also matched.</li>
- <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageNames</code>: comma-separated list of
excluded packages, matched using string
-comparison via <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">startWith</code>. Note that classes in subpackages are also
excluded.</li>
- <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageNamePatterns</code> - comma-separated
list of RegEx patterns used to exclude packages. Note that this
-option is slower than string comparison but more flexible.</li>
- <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageExemptClasses</code> - comma-separated
list of classes to exempt from any of the excluded packages or
-package name patterns. An exact exemption must exist for each exclusion match
(target or member or both).</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>The defaults are defined <a
href="https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/struts-excluded-classes.xml";>here</a>.</p>
-
-<p>Any expression or target which evaluates to one of these will be blocked
and you see a WARN in logs:</p>
-
-<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre
class="highlight"><code>[WARNING] Target class [class example.MyBean] or
declaring class of member type [public example.MyBean()] are excluded!
-</code></pre></div></div>
-
-<p>In that case <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">new
MyBean()</code> was used to create a new instance of class (inside JSP) - it’s
blocked because <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">target</code>
-of such expression is evaluated to <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">java.lang.Class</code></p>
-
-<p>It is possible to redefine the above constants in struts.xml but try to
avoid this and rather change design of your application!</p>
-
-<h3 id="accessing-static-methods">Accessing static methods</h3>
-
-<p>Support for accessing static methods from expression will be disabled soon,
please consider re-factoring your application
-to avoid further problems! Please check <a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4348";>WW-4348</a>.</p>
-
-<h3 id="ognl-is-used-to-call-actions-methods">OGNL is used to call action’s
methods</h3>
+<h3 id="ambiguous-action-methods">Ambiguous Action Methods</h3>
<p>This can impact actions which have large inheritance hierarchy and use the
same method’s name throughout the hierarchy,
this was reported as an issue <a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-4405";>WW-4405</a>. See the
example below:</p>
@@ -435,12 +378,12 @@ this was reported as an issue <a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-
To solve the problem don’t use the same method’s names through the hierarchy,
you can simply change the action’s method
from <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">save()</code> to <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">saveAction()</code> and leaving
annotation as is to allow call this action via <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">/save.action</code> request.</p>
-<h3 id="accepted--excluded-patterns">Accepted / Excluded patterns</h3>
+<h3 id="accepted--excluded-patterns">Accepted / Excluded Patterns</h3>
<p>As from version 2.3.20 the framework provides two new interfaces which are
used to accept / exclude param names
and values - <a
href="../maven/struts2-core/apidocs/com/opensymphony/xwork2/security/AcceptedPatternsChecker">AcceptedPatternsChecker</a>
and <a
href="../maven/struts2-core/apidocs/com/opensymphony/xwork2/security/ExcludedPatternsChecker">ExcludedPatternsChecker</a>
-with default implementations. These two interfaces are used by <a
href="../core-developers/parameters-interceptor">Parameters Interceptor</a>
+with default implementations. These two interfaces are used by the <a
href="../core-developers/parameters-interceptor">Parameters Interceptor</a>
and <a href="../core-developers/cookie-interceptor">Cookie Interceptor</a> to
check if param can be accepted or must be excluded.
If you were using <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">excludeParams</code> previously please compare patterns used
by you with these provided by the framework in default implementation.</p>
@@ -456,7 +399,7 @@ more in the Strict Method Invocation section of <a
href="../core-developers/acti
<p>Note: since Struts 6.0.0</p>
</blockquote>
-<p>Fetch Metadata is a mitigation against common cross origin attacks such as
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). It is
+<p>Fetch Metadata is a mitigation against common cross-origin attacks such as
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). It is
a web platform security feature designed to help servers defend themselves
against cross-origin attacks based
on the preferred resource isolation policy. The browser provides information
about the context of an HTTP request
in a set of <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">Sec-Fetch-*</code> headers. This allows the server
processing the request to make decisions on whether the request
@@ -500,6 +443,156 @@ Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin;
<p>COOP and COEP are implemented in Struts using <a
href="../core-developers/coop-interceptor">CoopInterceptor</a>
and <a href="../core-developers/coep-interceptor">CoepInterceptor</a>.</p>
+<h2
id="proactively-protecting-against-ognl-expression-injections-attacks">Proactively
protecting against OGNL Expression Injections attacks</h2>
+
+<p>The framework has a history of critical security bugs, many tied to its use
of OGNL technology; Due to its ability to
+create or change executable code, OGNL is capable of introducing critical
security flaws to any framework that uses it.
+Multiple Struts 2 versions have been vulnerable to OGNL security flaws.
Consequently, we’ve equipped OGNL and the
+framework with a number of additional security capabilities, some of which
need to be manually enabled.</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: These might break your current app functionality.
Before using in production environment, you’re recommended
+to comprehensively test your app UI and functionalities with these enabled.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<h3 id="run-ognl-expressions-inside-sandbox">Run OGNL expressions inside
sandbox</h3>
+
+<p>You can do this simply via adding <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">-Dognl.security.manager</code> to JVM arguments. OGNL
thereupon utilizes Java Security
+Manager to run OGNL expressions (which includes your actions either!) inside a
sandbox with no permission. It is worth
+noting that it affects only OGNL expression execution and thereafter OGNL
reverts Java Security Manager to its previous
+state.</p>
+
+<p>Note: This feature does not work with JDK 21 and above.</p>
+
+<h3 id="apply-a-maximum-allowed-length-on-ognl-expressions">Apply a maximum
allowed length on OGNL expressions</h3>
+
+<p>You can enable this via Struts configuration key <code
class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.ognl.expressionMaxLength</code> (defaults to 256).
OGNL thereupon doesn’t evaluate any
+expression longer than specified value. You would choose a value large enough
to permit ALL valid OGNL expressions used
+within the application. Values larger than the 200-400 range have diminishing
security value (at which point it is
+really only a “style guard” for long OGNL expressions in an application).</p>
+
+<h3 id="ognl-member-access">OGNL Member Access</h3>
+
+<p>Struts 2 implements an OGNL internal security mechanism which blocks access
to particular classes and Java packages -
+it’s an OGNL-wide mechanism which means it affects any aspect of the framework
i.e. incoming parameters, expressions
+used in JSPs, etc. Matching is done based on both the target and member class
of all components of an OGNL expression.</p>
+
+<p>There are 4 options that can be used to configure excluded packages and
classes:</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedClasses</code>: comma-separated list of
excluded classes.</li>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageNames</code>: comma-separated list of
excluded packages, matched using string comparison via
+<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">startWith</code>. Note that
classes in subpackages are also excluded.</li>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageNamePatterns</code> - comma-separated
list of RegEx patterns used to exclude packages. Note that this
+option is more flexible than <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageNames</code> but will have a greater
impact on performance and page
+latency.</li>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.excludedPackageExemptClasses</code> - comma-separated
list of classes to exempt from any of the excluded packages or
+package name patterns. An exact exemption must exist for each exclusion match
(target or member or both).</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The defaults are defined <a
href="https://github.com/apache/struts/blob/master/core/src/main/resources/struts-excluded-classes.xml";>here</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Additionally, static methods are blocked, and static fields can also be
blocked with ‘struts.allowStaticFieldAccess’.</p>
+
+<p>Any expression or target which does not pass this criteria will be blocked,
and you will see a warning in the logs:</p>
+
+<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre
class="highlight"><code>[WARNING] Target class [class example.MyBean] or
declaring class of member type [public example.MyBean()] are excluded!
+</code></pre></div></div>
+
+<p>In that case <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">new
MyBean()</code> was used to create a new instance of class (inside JSP) - it’s
blocked because the <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">target</code>
+of such expression is <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">java.lang.Class</code> which is excluded.</p>
+
+<p>It is possible to redefine the above constants in <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">struts.xml</code>, but avoid
reducing the list, instead extending the list
+with other known dangerous classes or packages in your application.</p>
+
+<h4 id="allowlist-capability">Allowlist Capability</h4>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <p>Note: since Struts 6.4.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>For even more stringent OGNL protection, we recommend enabling the
allowlist capability with <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.allowlist.enable</code>.</p>
+
+<p>Now, in addition to enforcing the exclusion list, classes involved in OGNL
expression must also belong to a list of
+allowlisted classes and packages. By default, all required Struts classes are
allowlisted as well as any classes that
+are defined in your <code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.xml</code> package configurations.</p>
+
+<p>You can add additional classes and packages to the allowlist with:</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.allowlist.classes</code>: comma-separated list of
allowlisted classes.</li>
+ <li><code class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.allowlist.packages</code>: comma-separated list of
allowlisted packages, matched using string comparison via
+<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">startWith</code>. Note that
classes in subpackages are also allowlisted.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Generally, the only additional classes or packages you will need to
configure are those model classes that you wish to
+be constructed/manipulated by Struts form submissions (i.e. parameter
injected).</p>
+
+<h4 id="extensibility">Extensibility</h4>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <p>Note: since Struts 6.4.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>The OGNL Member Access mechanism is extensible, allowing you to define your
own rules for blocking access to OGNL
+expression evaluations. To do so, you may use the <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">struts.securityMemberAccess</code>
extension point. Please be vigilant when
+overriding methods as not to reduce protections offered by the default
implementation.</p>
+
+<h3 id="struts-ognl-guard">Struts OGNL Guard</h3>
+
+<blockquote>
+ <p>Note: since Struts 6.4.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>The Struts OGNL Guard allows applications to completely disable certain
OGNL expression features/capabilities. This
+feature is disabled by default but can be enabled and configured with <code
class="language-plaintext
highlighter-rouge">struts.ognl.excludedNodeTypes</code>.</p>
+
+<p>It is recommended to disable any OGNL feature you are not leveraging in
your application. For applications using a
+minimal number of Struts features, you may find the following list a good
starting point.</p>
+
+<p>Please be aware that this list WILL break certain Struts features:</p>
+
+<div class="language-xml highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre
class="highlight"><code><span class="nt"><constant</span> <span
class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"struts.ognl.excludedNodeTypes"</span>
+ <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">"
+ ognl.ASTAdd,
+ ognl.ASTAssign,
+ ognl.ASTBitAnd,
+ ognl.ASTBitNegate,
+ ognl.ASTBitOr,
+ ognl.ASTCtor,
+ ognl.ASTDivide,
+ ognl.ASTEval,
+ ognl.ASTIn,
+ ognl.ASTInstanceof,
+ ognl.ASTKeyValue,
+ ognl.ASTList,
+ ognl.ASTMap,
+ ognl.ASTMultiply,
+ ognl.ASTNegate,
+ ognl.ASTNotIn,
+ ognl.ASTProject,
+ ognl.ASTRootVarRef,
+ ognl.ASTSelect,
+ ognl.ASTSelectFirst,
+ ognl.ASTSelectLast,
+ ognl.ASTSequence,
+ ognl.ASTShiftLeft,
+ ognl.ASTShiftRight,
+ ognl.ASTStaticField,
+ ognl.ASTStaticMethod,
+ ognl.ASTThisVarRef,
+ ognl.ASTUnsignedShiftRight,
+ ognl.ASTVarRef,
+ ognl.ASTXor
+"</span><span class="nt">/></span>
+</code></pre></div></div>
+
+<h4 id="extensibility-1">Extensibility</h4>
+
+<p>The Struts OGNL Guard mechanism is extensible, allowing you to define your
own rules for blocking access to both raw
+OGNL expressions and compiled syntax trees. To do so, you may use the <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">struts.ognlGuard</code> extension
point. You may choose
+to override the default implementation or implement the <code
class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">OgnlGuard</code> interface
directly.</p>
+
</section>
</article>
