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Subject: [04/15] struts-site git commit: Adds new page with current
 announcements
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Adds new page with current announcements


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/struts-site/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/struts-site/commit/ca517eed
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/struts-site/tree/ca517eed
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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: ca517eeda1873e8c9d9967d7fdb18aa672895110
Parents: 11d139e
Author: Lukasz Lenart <lukasz.lenart@gmail.com>
Authored: Fri Feb 3 14:36:13 2017 +0100
Committer: Lukasz Lenart <lukasz.lenart@gmail.com>
Committed: Wed Mar 8 13:54:43 2017 +0100

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Announcements 2016
+---
+# Announcements
+
+<p class="pull-right">
+  Skip to: <a href="announce-2015.html">Announcements - 2015</a>
+</p>
+
+#### 19 December 2016 - Struts 2.5.8 General Availability {#a20161219}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.8 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses one potential security vulnerability:
+
+- Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator - [S2-044](/docs/s2-044.html)
+
+Also this release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - Included XSL files' URI not being resolved for actions with result `type="xslt"`, see WW-2561
+ - `ConcurrentModificationException` using `s:iterator` (intermittent), see WW-3019
+ - `ObjectFactory` reporting ERROR's when you attempt to set parameters on a Redirect result, see WW-3170
+ - preselect values in `<s:optgroup>`, see WW-4367
+ - File upload error message always in default language, see WW-4636
+ - Can no longer clear parameter on a `<s:url>` tag, see WW-4701
+ - List based parameters no longer work when there is only one value, see WW-4702
+ - `NullPointerException` in `ActionSupport` when use `ModelDriven`, see WW-4703
+ - Multiselect parameter behavior different between struts 2.5.5 and 2.5.1, see WW-4707 
+ - Invalid field value for field "id", see WW-4709
+ - Scope interceptor always resets because of `org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.HttpParameters`, see WW-4715
+ - `focusElement` form attribute not working, see WW-4718
+ - Portlet Issue with `I18Interceptor`, see WW-4722
+ - Allow `<constant/>` value substitution in XML configuration, see WW-4698
+ - Upgrade to latest OGNL version, see WW-4704
+ - Add support for long type to `<s:date>` tag, see WW-4705
+ - Disallow access to `HttpParameters.toMap`, see WW-4710
+ - `<s:text/>` tag should not evaluate `defaultMessage` against a `ValueStack` by default, see WW-4711
+ - `TextProviderHelper#getText()` should perform cleaning of `defaultMessage`, see WW-4712
+ - Refactor file upload support to allow create virtual representation of `java.io.File`, see WW-4717
+ - Move `DefaultClassFinder` into `Convention` plugin, see WW-4719
+ - `HttpParameters` should behave like a `Map`, see WW-4720
+ - Add support for `roundingMode` in `<s:number/>` tag, see WW-4721
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 21 October 2016 - Struts 2.5.5 General Availability {#a20161021}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.5 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - webconsole can always be accessed, see WW-4601
+ - Space character and includeParams, see WW-4628
+ - Empty <s:param name="p1" value=""/> is being supressed, see WW-4631
+ - remove ASM 3 from struts2, see WW-4646
+ - SMI do not work with JSON plugin, see WW-4649
+ - Concurrency issue in addDefaultResourceBundle, see WW-4652
+ - Action parameters should be included when building the URL to action, see WW-4654
+ - StreamResult closes outputstream early, see WW-4662
+ - NullPointerException when displaying a form without action attribute, see WW-4663
+ - ParametersInterceptor excludeParams only applies to first instance of params interceptor in paramsPrepareParamsStack, see WW-4667
+ - URL validator is case sensitive, see WW-4671
+ - Select box does not pre-select chosen values, see WW-4675
+ - Tiles-Plugin unable to load tiles definition XML, see WW-4679
+ - Missing brackets in checkbox.ftl of css_xhtml template, see WW-4681
+ - Move Struts Archetypes to dedicated project, see WW-4316
+ - Add dedicated class to represent Http Parameters, see WW-4572
+ - ParametersInterceptor should check collection index to against DOS, see WW-4620
+ - Move example portlet-app into struts-examples, see WW-4660
+ - Upgrade JFreeChart plugin to the latest version of JFreeChart, see WW-4670
+ - StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter should check for response commited status, see WW-4674
+ - ConversionErrorInterceptor to extend MethodFilterInterceptor, see WW-4676
+ - I18N Interceptor automatically validates Locale, see WW-4677
+ - Upgrade Tiles to 3.0.7 GA version, see WW-4680
+ - Allow directly accessing I18N keys from Tiles defintions, see WW-4685
+ - Merge two existing I18NInterceptors into one, see WW-4686
+ - Exclude "java.ext.dirs" when scanning for actions, see WW-4688
+ - CycleDetector - use enum instead of String constants, see WW-4689
+ - Upgrade Commons Collections to 4.1, see WW-4695
+ - Upgrade to Log4j 2.7, see WW-4696
+ - Warn about excluded action/method only when DMI is disabled, see WW-4697
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 18 October 2016 - Struts 2.3.31 General Availability {#a20161018}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.31 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses two potential security vulnerabilities:
+
+- Possible path traversal in the Convention plugin [S2-042](/docs/s2-042.html)
+- Using the Config Browser plugin in production [S2-043](/docs/s2-043.html)
+
+Also this release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+- webconsole can always be accessed, see WW-4601
+- Space character and includeParams,see WW-4628
+- ParametersInterceptor excludeParams only applies to first instance of params interceptor in paramsPrepareParamsStack,see WW-4667
+- Select box does not pre-select chosen values,see WW-4675
+- StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter should check for response committed status,see WW-4674
+- Allow directly accessing I18N keys from Tiles definitions,see WW-4685
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-2331) page.
+
+#### 7 July 2016 - Struts 2.5.2 General Availability {#a20160707}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.2 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+Struts 2.5.2 release contains several improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - SecurityMemberAccess exclude class design issue, see WW-4645
+ - Json deserialization does not work in 2.5.1, see WW-4650
+ - Negative number is considered an arithmetic expression, see WW-4651
+ - Wildcard redirect and path `/static/`, see WW-4656
+ - Upgrade commons-fileupload to the latest version, see WW-4648
+ - Cleans up logic in `StreamResult` and update docs, see WW-4655
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 7 July 2016 - Struts 2.3.30 General Availability {#a20160707-2}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.30 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - Pre-evaluation of "name" attribute stopped working, see WW-4641
+ - Unable to retrieve `s:hidden` field values, see WW-4642
+ - SecurityMemberAccess exclude class design issue, see WW-4645
+ - Negative number is considered an arithmetic expression, see WW-4651
+ - Upgrade commons-fileupload to the latest version, see WW-4648
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-2330) page.
+
+#### 18 June 2016 - Struts 2.5.1 General Availability {#a20160618}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.1 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses one potential security vulnerability:
+
+  - [S2-041](/docs/s2-041.html)
+    Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
+
+Also all security patches applied to version Struts 2.3.29 were also applied to this version (just in case).
+
+This release contains several improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - contentType override ignored for JSONInterceptor - see WW-4558
+ - MessageStorePreResultListener does not store messages for 3rd-party RedirectResult subclasses - see WW-4618
+ - EmailValidator flags .cat emails as invalid - see WW-4626
+ - SMI cannot be disabled - see WW-4632
+ - Centre alignment does not seem to work in Velocity tags - see WW-4634
+ - Unable to process Jar entry (javassist-3.20.0-GA.jar) - see WW-4637
+ - Strict Method Invocation breaks Action-Less Results - see WW-4643
+ - When method is not allowed throw exception with meaningful message - see WW-4640
+ - update struts2 bom - see WW-4644
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 17 June 2016 - Struts 2.3.29 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160617}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.29 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses these potential security vulnerabilities:
+
+  - [S2-035](/docs/s2-035.html)
+    Action name clean up is error prone
+
+  - [S2-036](/docs/s2-036.html)
+    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes,
+    may lead to remote code execution (similar to S2-029)
+
+  - [S2-037](/docs/s2-037.html)
+    Remote Code Execution can be performed when using REST Plugin.
+
+  - [S2-038](/docs/s2-038.html)
+    It is possible to bypass token validation and perform a CSRF attack
+
+  - [S2-039](/docs/s2-039.html)
+    Getter as action method leads to security bypass
+
+  - [S2-040](/docs/s2-040.html)
+    Input validation bypass using existing default action method.
+
+  - [S2-041](/docs/s2-041.html)
+    Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - Json result type breaks
+ - MessageStorePreResultListener doesn't store messages for 3rd-party RedirectResult subclasses
+ - Multiple tiles.xml in web.xml
+ - New Tiles version can not find tiles*.xml files in sub-directories
+ - EmailValidator flags .cat emails as invalid
+ - Struts2 JSON Plugin: messages in fieldsErrors are serialized twice since jdk1.7_80
+ - Tile definition Inheritance/overriding is broken in Struts2 tiles plugin 2.3.28+
+ - `<s:submit>` generates a value attribute for type=image which violates W3C
+ - ClassCastException while generating report using Struts 2.3.28 and jasperreports 4.5.1
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 1 June 2016 - Two security vulnerabilities reported {#a20160601}
+
+Two potential security vulnerabilities were reported which were already addressed in the latest Apache Struts 2 versions.
+Those reports just added other vectors of attack.
+
+ - [S2-033](/docs/s2-033.html)
+   Remote Code Execution can be performed when using REST Plugin with ! operator when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled
+
+ - [S2-034](/docs/s2-034.html)
+   OGNL cache poisoning can lead to DoS vulnerability
+
+Please read carefully the Security Bulletins and take suggested actions. The simplest way to avoid those vulnerabilities
+in your application is to upgrade the Apache Struts to latest available version in 2.3.x series or to the Apache Struts 2.5.
+
+You can download those versions from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 9 May 2016 - Struts 2.5 General Availability {#a20160509}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - XWork source was merged into Struts Core source, it means that there be no more xwork artifact nor dedicated jar
+ - Spring dependency for tests and spring plugin was upgraded to version 4.1.6, see WW-4510.
+ - Struts2 internal logging api was marked as deprecated and was replaced with new Log4j2 api as logging layer, see WW-4504.
+ - Struts2 is now build with JDK7, see WW-4503.
+ - New plugin to support bean validation is now part of the distribution, see WW-4505.
+ - Deprecated plugins are now removed from the distribution and are not longer supported anymore.
+   - Dojo Plugin
+   - Codebehind Plugin
+   - JSF Plugin
+   - Struts1 Plugin
+ - New security option was added - Strict Method Invocation (also known as Strict DMI), see WW-4540
+ - Added support for latest stable AngularJS in Maven archetype, see WW-4522
+ - Dropped support for id and name - replaced with var, see WW-2069
+ - Dedicated archive with a minimal set of dependencies was introduced, see WW-4570
+ - It is possible to use multiple names when defining a result, see WW-4590
+ - Rest plugin honors Accept header, see WW-4588
+ - New result 'JSONActionRedirectResult' in json-plugin was defined, see WW-4591
+ - Tiles plugin was upgrade to the latest Tiles 3 and tiles3-plugin was dropped, see WW-4584
+ - JasperReports plugins was upgraded to JasperReport 6.0, see WW-4381
+ - OGNL was upgraded to version 3.1.4 and it breaks access to properties as it follows Java Bean Specification, see WW-4207 and WW-3909
+ - Annotations to configure Tiles, see WW-4594 and Tiles Plugin
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 19 April 2016 - Struts 2.3.28.1 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160419}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.28.1 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses two potential security vulnerabilities:
+
+  - [S2-031](/docs/s2-031.html)
+    Possible RCE vulnerability in `XSLTResult` was fixed.
+
+  - [S2-032](/docs/s2-032.html)
+    Prevents execution of chained expressions based on new `isSequence` flag introduce in appropriated OGNL versions.
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
+
+#### 19 April 2016 - Struts 2.3.20.3 & 2.3.24.3 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160419-1}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.20.3 & Struts 2.3.24.3 are available as a "General Availability"
+releases. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+These releases address three potential security vulnerabilities:
+
+  - [S2-029](/docs/s2-029.html)
+    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.
+
+  - [S2-031](/docs/s2-031.html)
+    Possible RCE vulnerability in `XSLTResult` was fixed.
+
+  - [S2-032](/docs/s2-032.html)
+    Prevents execution of chained expressions based on new `isSequence` flag introduce in appropriated OGNL versions.
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+You can download these versions from our [download](download.cgi#prior-releases) page.
+
+#### 18 March 2016 - Struts 2.3.28 General Availability with Security Fix Release {#a20160318}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.28 is available as a "General Availability"
+release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release addresses three potential security vulnerabilities:
+
+  - [S2-028](/docs/s2-028.html)
+    Possible XSS vulnerability in pages not using UTF-8 was fixed.
+
+  - [S2-029](/docs/s2-029.html)
+    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.
+
+  - [S2-030](/docs/s2-030.html)
+    I18NInterceptor narrows selected locale to those available in JVM to reduce possibility of another XSS vulnerability.
+
+**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - 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 improvements, please check the version notes
+
+The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+#### 26 January 2016 - Struts 2.5-BETA3 (BETA) {#a20160126}
+
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5-BETA3 is available as a "BETA" release.
+
+Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
+The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
+to maintaining applications over time.
+
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+
+ - Dropped support for id and name - replaced with var, see WW-2069
+ - Dedicated archive with a minimal set of dependencies was introduced, see WW-4570
+ - It is possible to use multiple names when defining a result, see WW-4590
+ - Rest plugin honors Accept header, see WW-4588
+ - New result 'JSONActionRedirectResult' in json-plugin was defined, see WW-4591
+ - Tiles plugin was upgrade to the latest Tiles 3 and tiles3-plugin was dropped, see WW-4584
+ - JasperReports plugins was upgraded to JasperReport 6.0, see WW-4381
+ - OGNL was upgraded to version 3.0.11 and it breaks access to properties as it follows Java Bean Specification,
+   see WW-4207 and WW-3909
+   - and then OGNL was upgraded to version 3.1.1, see WW-4561
+   - and then OGNL was upgraded to version 3.2.1, see WW-4577
+
+and many other improvements, please check the version notes
+
+The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
+Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
+
+Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments 
+to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
+
+<p class="pull-right">
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 # Announcements
 
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-#### 19 Decemeber 2016 - Struts 2.5.8 General Availability {#a20161219}
+#### 3 February 2016 - Struts 2.5.10 General Availability {#a20170203}
 
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.8 is available as a "General Availability"
+The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.10 is available as a "General Availability"
 release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
 
 Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
 The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
 to maintaining applications over time.
 
-This release addresses one potential security vulnerability:
-
-- Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator - [S2-044](/docs/s2-044.html)
-
-Also this release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
+This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
 
  - Included XSL files' URI not being resolved for actions with result `type="xslt"`, see WW-2561
  - `ConcurrentModificationException` using `s:iterator` (intermittent), see WW-3019
@@ -57,430 +53,8 @@ to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
 
 You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
 
-#### 21 October 2016 - Struts 2.5.5 General Availability {#a20161021}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.5 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - webconsole can always be accessed, see WW-4601
- - Space character and includeParams, see WW-4628
- - Empty <s:param name="p1" value=""/> is being supressed, see WW-4631
- - remove ASM 3 from struts2, see WW-4646
- - SMI do not work with JSON plugin, see WW-4649
- - Concurrency issue in addDefaultResourceBundle, see WW-4652
- - Action parameters should be included when building the URL to action, see WW-4654
- - StreamResult closes outputstream early, see WW-4662
- - NullPointerException when displaying a form without action attribute, see WW-4663
- - ParametersInterceptor excludeParams only applies to first instance of params interceptor in paramsPrepareParamsStack, see WW-4667
- - URL validator is case sensitive, see WW-4671
- - Select box does not pre-select chosen values, see WW-4675
- - Tiles-Plugin unable to load tiles definition XML, see WW-4679
- - Missing brackets in checkbox.ftl of css_xhtml template, see WW-4681
- - Move Struts Archetypes to dedicated project, see WW-4316
- - Add dedicated class to represent Http Parameters, see WW-4572
- - ParametersInterceptor should check collection index to against DOS, see WW-4620
- - Move example portlet-app into struts-examples, see WW-4660
- - Upgrade JFreeChart plugin to the latest version of JFreeChart, see WW-4670
- - StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter should check for response commited status, see WW-4674
- - ConversionErrorInterceptor to extend MethodFilterInterceptor, see WW-4676
- - I18N Interceptor automatically validates Locale, see WW-4677
- - Upgrade Tiles to 3.0.7 GA version, see WW-4680
- - Allow directly accessing I18N keys from Tiles defintions, see WW-4685
- - Merge two existing I18NInterceptors into one, see WW-4686
- - Exclude "java.ext.dirs" when scanning for actions, see WW-4688
- - CycleDetector - use enum instead of String constants, see WW-4689
- - Upgrade Commons Collections to 4.1, see WW-4695
- - Upgrade to Log4j 2.7, see WW-4696
- - Warn about excluded action/method only when DMI is disabled, see WW-4697
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 18 October 2016 - Struts 2.3.31 General Availability {#a20161018}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.31 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release addresses two potential security vulnerabilities:
-
-- Possible path traversal in the Convention plugin [S2-042](/docs/s2-042.html)
-- Using the Config Browser plugin in production [S2-043](/docs/s2-043.html)
-
-Also this release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
-- webconsole can always be accessed, see WW-4601
-- Space character and includeParams,see WW-4628
-- ParametersInterceptor excludeParams only applies to first instance of params interceptor in paramsPrepareParamsStack,see WW-4667
-- Select box does not pre-select chosen values,see WW-4675
-- StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter should check for response committed status,see WW-4674
-- Allow directly accessing I18N keys from Tiles definitions,see WW-4685
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-2331) page.
-
-#### 7 July 2016 - Struts 2.5.2 General Availability {#a20160707}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.2 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-Struts 2.5.2 release contains several improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - SecurityMemberAccess exclude class design issue, see WW-4645
- - Json deserialization does not work in 2.5.1, see WW-4650
- - Negative number is considered an arithmetic expression, see WW-4651
- - Wildcard redirect and path `/static/`, see WW-4656
- - Upgrade commons-fileupload to the latest version, see WW-4648
- - Cleans up logic in `StreamResult` and update docs, see WW-4655
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 7 July 2016 - Struts 2.3.30 General Availability {#a20160707-2}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.30 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - Pre-evaluation of "name" attribute stopped working, see WW-4641
- - Unable to retrieve `s:hidden` field values, see WW-4642
- - SecurityMemberAccess exclude class design issue, see WW-4645
- - Negative number is considered an arithmetic expression, see WW-4651
- - Upgrade commons-fileupload to the latest version, see WW-4648
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-2330) page.
-
-#### 18 June 2016 - Struts 2.5.1 General Availability {#a20160618}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.1 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release addresses one potential security vulnerability:
-
-  - [S2-041](/docs/s2-041.html)
-    Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
-
-Also all security patches applied to version Struts 2.3.29 were also applied to this version (just in case).
-
-This release contains several improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - contentType override ignored for JSONInterceptor - see WW-4558
- - MessageStorePreResultListener does not store messages for 3rd-party RedirectResult subclasses - see WW-4618
- - EmailValidator flags .cat emails as invalid - see WW-4626
- - SMI cannot be disabled - see WW-4632
- - Centre alignment does not seem to work in Velocity tags - see WW-4634
- - Unable to process Jar entry (javassist-3.20.0-GA.jar) - see WW-4637
- - Strict Method Invocation breaks Action-Less Results - see WW-4643
- - When method is not allowed throw exception with meaningful message - see WW-4640
- - update struts2 bom - see WW-4644
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 17 June 2016 - Struts 2.3.29 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160617}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.29 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release addresses these potential security vulnerabilities:
-
-  - [S2-035](/docs/s2-035.html)
-    Action name clean up is error prone
-
-  - [S2-036](/docs/s2-036.html)
-    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes,
-    may lead to remote code execution (similar to S2-029)
-
-  - [S2-037](/docs/s2-037.html)
-    Remote Code Execution can be performed when using REST Plugin.
-
-  - [S2-038](/docs/s2-038.html)
-    It is possible to bypass token validation and perform a CSRF attack
-
-  - [S2-039](/docs/s2-039.html)
-    Getter as action method leads to security bypass
-
-  - [S2-040](/docs/s2-040.html)
-    Input validation bypass using existing default action method.
-
-  - [S2-041](/docs/s2-041.html)
-    Possible DoS attack when using URLValidator
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - Json result type breaks
- - MessageStorePreResultListener doesn't store messages for 3rd-party RedirectResult subclasses
- - Multiple tiles.xml in web.xml
- - New Tiles version can not find tiles*.xml files in sub-directories
- - EmailValidator flags .cat emails as invalid
- - Struts2 JSON Plugin: messages in fieldsErrors are serialized twice since jdk1.7_80
- - Tile definition Inheritance/overriding is broken in Struts2 tiles plugin 2.3.28+
- - `<s:submit>` generates a value attribute for type=image which violates W3C
- - ClassCastException while generating report using Struts 2.3.28 and jasperreports 4.5.1
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 1 June 2016 - Two security vulnerabilities reported {#a20160601}
-
-Two potential security vulnerabilities were reported which were already addressed in the latest Apache Struts 2 versions.
-Those reports just added other vectors of attack.
-
- - [S2-033](/docs/s2-033.html)
-   Remote Code Execution can be performed when using REST Plugin with ! operator when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled
-
- - [S2-034](/docs/s2-034.html)
-   OGNL cache poisoning can lead to DoS vulnerability
-
-Please read carefully the Security Bulletins and take suggested actions. The simplest way to avoid those vulnerabilities
-in your application is to upgrade the Apache Struts to latest available version in 2.3.x series or to the Apache Struts 2.5.
-
-You can download those versions from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 9 May 2016 - Struts 2.5 General Availability {#a20160509}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - XWork source was merged into Struts Core source, it means that there be no more xwork artifact nor dedicated jar
- - Spring dependency for tests and spring plugin was upgraded to version 4.1.6, see WW-4510.
- - Struts2 internal logging api was marked as deprecated and was replaced with new Log4j2 api as logging layer, see WW-4504.
- - Struts2 is now build with JDK7, see WW-4503.
- - New plugin to support bean validation is now part of the distribution, see WW-4505.
- - Deprecated plugins are now removed from the distribution and are not longer supported anymore.
-   - Dojo Plugin
-   - Codebehind Plugin
-   - JSF Plugin
-   - Struts1 Plugin
- - New security option was added - Strict Method Invocation (also known as Strict DMI), see WW-4540
- - Added support for latest stable AngularJS in Maven archetype, see WW-4522
- - Dropped support for id and name - replaced with var, see WW-2069
- - Dedicated archive with a minimal set of dependencies was introduced, see WW-4570
- - It is possible to use multiple names when defining a result, see WW-4590
- - Rest plugin honors Accept header, see WW-4588
- - New result 'JSONActionRedirectResult' in json-plugin was defined, see WW-4591
- - Tiles plugin was upgrade to the latest Tiles 3 and tiles3-plugin was dropped, see WW-4584
- - JasperReports plugins was upgraded to JasperReport 6.0, see WW-4381
- - OGNL was upgraded to version 3.1.4 and it breaks access to properties as it follows Java Bean Specification, see WW-4207 and WW-3909
- - Annotations to configure Tiles, see WW-4594 and Tiles Plugin
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 19 April 2016 - Struts 2.3.28.1 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160419}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.28.1 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release addresses two potential security vulnerabilities:
-
-  - [S2-031](/docs/s2-031.html)
-    Possible RCE vulnerability in `XSLTResult` was fixed.
-
-  - [S2-032](/docs/s2-032.html)
-    Prevents execution of chained expressions based on new `isSequence` flag introduce in appropriated OGNL versions.
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download this version from our [download](download.cgi#struts-ga) page.
-
-#### 19 April 2016 - Struts 2.3.20.3 & 2.3.24.3 General Availability with Security Fixes Release {#a20160419-1}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.20.3 & Struts 2.3.24.3 are available as a "General Availability"
-releases. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-These releases address three potential security vulnerabilities:
-
-  - [S2-029](/docs/s2-029.html)
-    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.
-
-  - [S2-031](/docs/s2-031.html)
-    Possible RCE vulnerability in `XSLTResult` was fixed.
-
-  - [S2-032](/docs/s2-032.html)
-    Prevents execution of chained expressions based on new `isSequence` flag introduce in appropriated OGNL versions.
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-You can download these versions from our [download](download.cgi#prior-releases) page.
-
-#### 18 March 2016 - Struts 2.3.28 General Availability with Security Fix Release {#a20160318}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.28 is available as a "General Availability"
-release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release addresses three potential security vulnerabilities:
-
-  - [S2-028](/docs/s2-028.html)
-    Possible XSS vulnerability in pages not using UTF-8 was fixed.
-
-  - [S2-029](/docs/s2-029.html)
-    Forced double OGNL evaluation, when evaluated on raw user input in tag attributes, may lead to remote code execution.
-
-  - [S2-030](/docs/s2-030.html)
-    I18NInterceptor narrows selected locale to those available in JVM to reduce possibility of another XSS vulnerability.
-
-**All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.**
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - 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 improvements, please check the version notes
-
-The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
-#### 26 January 2016 - Struts 2.5-BETA3 (BETA) {#a20160126}
-
-The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5-BETA3 is available as a "BETA" release.
-
-Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications.
-The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying,
-to maintaining applications over time.
-
-This release contains several breaking changes and improvements just to mention few of them:
-
- - Dropped support for id and name - replaced with var, see WW-2069
- - Dedicated archive with a minimal set of dependencies was introduced, see WW-4570
- - It is possible to use multiple names when defining a result, see WW-4590
- - Rest plugin honors Accept header, see WW-4588
- - New result 'JSONActionRedirectResult' in json-plugin was defined, see WW-4591
- - Tiles plugin was upgrade to the latest Tiles 3 and tiles3-plugin was dropped, see WW-4584
- - JasperReports plugins was upgraded to JasperReport 6.0, see WW-4381
- - OGNL was upgraded to version 3.0.11 and it breaks access to properties as it follows Java Bean Specification,
-   see WW-4207 and WW-3909
-   - and then OGNL was upgraded to version 3.1.1, see WW-4561
-   - and then OGNL was upgraded to version 3.2.1, see WW-4577
-
-and many other improvements, please check the version notes
-
-The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions:
-Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.
-
-Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments 
-to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.
-
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