It's the params coming in that cause problems; everything else is under developer control(-ish).
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Christian, as I said, I am OK with the view laying using OGNL. If JSPs are > using that, I see no problem. But I should ask if the majority of > vulnerabilities are from the view layer or from the processor/controller > layer? > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Am 04.09.13 16:34, schrieb Dave Newton: > > > I'd looked in to replacing OGNL with MVEL, including the templating, > but > > it > > > entailed a fairly extensive effort. > > > > > > Not saying it isn't worth it; personally I'd like to see a few other > > > options and a simplification of the templates (and potential speedups). > > I found Struts-Tags often rely on the com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl > > package (accessing the valuestack). My guess is, everything which access > > the value stack is done with with OGNL. I think Validation bases on OGNL > > too. > > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Isn't it already "decoupled" since OGNL is a separate project? I mean, > > of > > >> course Struts 2 needs mediating code to support it, but how coupled is > > it > > >> really? > > >> > > >> Paul > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Christian Grobmeier < > > grobme...@gmail.com > > >>> wrote: > > >>> Folks, > > >>> > > >>> when researching on OGNL i found this link: > > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/S2WIKI/OGNL+replacement > > >>> > > >>> In 2008 Brian mentioned "Security risks keep appearing" along with > OGNL > > >>> and collected the places where we use OGNL. Given the recent events I > > >>> thought it might be good to bring this up again. Please also note, I > > >>> have helped with OGNLs incubation and I am also touchign it over in > > >>> Commons land. My impression is OGNL is not easy to understand and > there > > >>> is not really much interest from other people to develop on it. > > >>> > > >>> Looking at this list I feel OGNL is pretty much tied to Struts. On > the > > >>> other hand we could start to slowly decouple the two. Not sure what > we > > >>> should use otherwise. > > >>> > > >>> Any feelings on that? > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Cheers, > > >> Paul > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Paul > -- e: davelnew...@gmail.com m: 908-380-8699 s: davelnewton_skype t: @dave_newton <https://twitter.com/dave_newton> b: Bucky Bits <http://buckybits.blogspot.com/> g: davelnewton <https://github.com/davelnewton> so: Dave Newton <http://stackoverflow.com/users/438992/dave-newton>
