2.5.3.1

Major changes

ESAPI 2.5.3.1 is a minor point release that adds:

• Updated Javadoc for the Validator.isValidSafeHTML and ValidationRule.getValid methods.
• Adds an always-on log message (a single time only) if either of the isValidSafeHTML methods is invoked. The warning notes that the method is deprecated and provides a link to the GitHub Security Advisory.

Release Notes

The release notes for ESAPI release 2.5.3.1 are located at:

https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.5.3.1-release-notes.txt

Configuration files located in configuration jar

Note that the attached file "esapi-2.5.3.1-configuration.jar" contains the default ESAPI configuration files intended for used in production. Download the file and unjar it via 'jar xf'. After you unjar that configuration jar, look under the 'configuration/' directory. Most of the files you are interested in are located under 'configuration/esapi', such as ESAPI.properties, validation.properties, etc. The attached file "esapi-2.5.3.1-configuration.jar.asc" is a detached GPG signature of that the file "esapi-2.5.3.1-configuration.jar" that was signed by ESAPI project co-lead, Kevin W. Wall.

References

• GHSA-r68h-jhhj-9jvm was created and some partial, incomplete workarounds are discussed, but there is not patch available without major breakage of some client code. See Security Bulletin 12 for additional details.