java.lang.ClassCastException: org.owasp.esapi.reference.Log4JLogger cannot be cast to org.owasp.esapi.Logger

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Issue

Customer getting below error while using esapi.jar in JBoss EAP.

Caused by: org.owasp.esapi.errors.ConfigurationException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException Encoder class (org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder) CTOR threw exception.
                at org.owasp.esapi.util.ObjFactory.make(ObjFactory.java:129)
                at org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI.encoder(ESAPI.java:99)
...
                at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
                at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
                at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
                at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptor.processInvocation(ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptor.java:52)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.as.ee.concurrent.ConcurrentContextInterceptor.processInvocation(ConcurrentContextInterceptor.java:45)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InitialInterceptor.processInvocation(InitialInterceptor.java:40)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor.processInvocation(ChainedInterceptor.java:53)
                at org.jboss.as.ee.component.interceptors.ComponentDispatcherInterceptor.processInvocation(ComponentDispatcherInterceptor.java:52)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.deployers.WSComponentInstanceAssociationInterceptor.processInvocation(WSComponentInstanceAssociationInterceptor.java:56)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.run(InterceptorContext.java:438)
                at org.wildfly.security.manager.WildFlySecurityManager.doChecked(WildFlySecurityManager.java:633)
                at org.jboss.invocation.AccessCheckingInterceptor.processInvocation(AccessCheckingInterceptor.java:57)
                at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:422)
                at org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor.processInvocation(ChainedInterceptor.java:53)
                at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ViewService$View.invoke(ViewService.java:198)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.invocation.AbstractInvocationHandler.invokeInternal(AbstractInvocationHandler.java:168)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.invocation.AbstractInvocationHandler.lambda$invoke$1(AbstractInvocationHandler.java:120)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.security.SecurityDomainContextImpl.runAs(SecurityDomainContextImpl.java:124)
                at org.jboss.as.webservices.invocation.AbstractInvocationHandler.invoke(AbstractInvocationHandler.java:119)
                at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker.performInvocation(JBossWSInvoker.java:170)
                at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:96)
                ... 90 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
                at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
                at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
                at org.owasp.esapi.util.ObjFactory.make(ObjFactory.java:86)
                ... 119 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.owasp.esapi.reference.Log4JLogger cannot be cast to org.owasp.esapi.Logger
                at org.owasp.esapi.reference.Log4JLogFactory.getLogger(Log4JLogFactory.java:88)
                at org.owasp.esapi.ESAPI.getLogger(ESAPI.java:154)
                at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder.<init>(DefaultEncoder.java:75)
                at org.owasp.esapi.reference.DefaultEncoder.getInstance(DefaultEncoder.java:59)
                ... 124 more

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    • EAP 7.4
  • Apache Log4J application logging.

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