Version Notes 2.3.28

These are the notes for the Struts 2.3.28 distribution.

For prior notes in this release series, see Version Notes 2.3.20

• If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.
• Another quick-start entry point is the blank application. Rename and deploy the WAR as a starting point for your own development.
• There is huge number of examples you can also use as a starting point for you application here

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
  <artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.28</version>
</dependency>

You can also use Struts Archetype Catalog like below

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://struts.apache.org/

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>apache.nexus</id>
    <name>ASF Nexus Staging</name>
    <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Internal Changes

•  Possible XSS vulnerability in pages not using UTF-8 was fixed, read more details in S2-028
•  Prevents possible RCE when reusing user input in tag's attributes, see more details in S2-029
•  I18NInterceptor narrows selected locale to those available in JVM to reduce possibility of another XSS vulnerability, see more details in S2-030
• New Configurationprovider type was introduced - ServletContextAwareConfigurationProvider, see WW-4410
• Setting status code in HttpHeaders isn't ignored anymore, see WW-4545
• Spring BeanPostProcessor(s) are called only once to constructed objects., see WW-4554
• OGNL was upgraded to version 3.0.13, see WW-4562
• Tiles 2 Plugin was upgraded to latest available Tiles 2 version, see WW-4568
• A dedicated assembly with minimal set of jars was defined, see WW-4570
• Struts2 Rest plugin properly handles JSESSIONID with DMI, see WW-4585
• Improved the Struts2 Rest plugin to honor Accept header, see WW-4588
• MessageStoreInterceptor was refactored to use PreResultListener to store messages, see WW-4605
• A new annotation was added to support configuring Tiles - @TilesDefinition, see WW-4606
• and many other small improvements, please see the release notes

Issue Detail

• JIRA Release Notes 2.3.28

Issue List

• Struts 2.3.28 DONE
• Struts 2.3.x TODO

Other resources

• Commit Logs
• Source Code Repository