Web Application Security consists of a myriad of security controls that ensure that a web application:
Functions as expected.
Cannot be exploited to operate out of bounds.
Cannot initiate operations that it is not supposed to do.
Web Applications have become ubiquitous after the expansion of Web 2.0, which Social Media Platforms, E-Commerce websites, and email clients saturating the internet
Apache has released a security advisory warning of a critical security flaw in the Struts 2 open-source web application framework that could result in remote code execution.
Tracked as CVE-2023-50164, the vulnerability is rooted in a flawed "file upload logic" that could enable unauthorized path traversal and could be exploited under the circumstances to upload a malicious file
Modern web app development relies on cloud infrastructure and containerization. These technologies scale on demand, handling millions of daily file transfers β it's almost impossible to imagine a world without them. However, they also introduce multiple attack vectors that exploit file uploads when working with public clouds, vulnerabilities in containers hosting web applications, and many other
The threat actor known asΒ Winter VivernΒ has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Roundcube webmail software on October 11, 2023, to harvest email messages from victims' accounts.
"Winter Vivern has stepped up its operations by using a zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube," ESET security researcher Matthieu FaouΒ saidΒ in a new report published today. Previously, it was using known