diff --git a/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/pom.xml b/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/pom.xml
index 0f3c4d303..a42363993 100644
--- a/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/pom.xml
+++ b/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <description>XStream integration</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
+        <xstream.version>1.4.11.1</xstream.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/src/main/java/ro/pippo/xstream/XstreamEngine.java b/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/src/main/java/ro/pippo/xstream/XstreamEngine.java
index f4e6788a5..2922c1209 100644
--- a/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/src/main/java/ro/pippo/xstream/XstreamEngine.java
+++ b/pippo-content-type-parent/pippo-xstream/src/main/java/ro/pippo/xstream/XstreamEngine.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import ro.pippo.core.HttpConstants;
 
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+import ro.pippo.core.util.WhitelistObjectInputStream;
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * An XmlEngine based on XStream.
@@ -45,6 +48,10 @@ private XStream xstream() {
         xstream.autodetectAnnotations(true);
         // prevent xstream from creating complex XML graphs
         xstream.setMode(XStream.NO_REFERENCES);
+
+        //setup security
+        xstream.allowTypes((String[]) WhitelistObjectInputStream.getWhitelistedClassNames().toArray());
+        xstream.allowTypesByRegExp((Pattern[]) WhitelistObjectInputStream.getWhitelistedRegExp().toArray());
         return xstream;
     }
 
diff --git a/pippo-core/src/main/java/ro/pippo/core/util/WhitelistObjectInputStream.java b/pippo-core/src/main/java/ro/pippo/core/util/WhitelistObjectInputStream.java
index 6b05ef6dc..8d3ae6f00 100644
--- a/pippo-core/src/main/java/ro/pippo/core/util/WhitelistObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/pippo-core/src/main/java/ro/pippo/core/util/WhitelistObjectInputStream.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * When deserializing objects, first check that the class being deserialized is in the allowed whitelist.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 public class WhitelistObjectInputStream extends ObjectInputStream {
 
     private static List<String> whiteClassNames;
+    private static List<Pattern> whiteRegExp;
 
     static {
         loadWhitelist(WhitelistObjectInputStream.class.getResourceAsStream(PippoConstants.LOCATION_OF_PIPPO_WHITELIST_SERIALIZATION));
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ public WhitelistObjectInputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
 
     protected Class<?> resolveClass(ObjectStreamClass descriptor) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
         String className = descriptor.getName();
-        if (!isWhiteListed(className)) {
+        if ((!isWhiteListed(className)) && (!isWhiteListedRegex(className))) {
             throw new InvalidClassException("Unauthorized deserialization attempt", className);
         }
 
@@ -61,6 +63,16 @@ private boolean isWhiteListed(String className) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    private boolean isWhiteListedRegex(String className) {
+        for (Pattern pattern : whiteRegExp) {
+            if (pattern.matcher(className).matches()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the whitelist from an {@link InputStream}.
      * The content of the {@code InputStream} is in format:
@@ -68,6 +80,8 @@ private boolean isWhiteListed(String className) {
      * # Java
      * java.util.ArrayList
      * java.util.HashMap
+     * A regular expression whitelisting the whole java.lang package and its sub-packages.
+     * /java.lang.* /
      *
      * # Pippo
      * ro.pippo.session.DefaultSessionData
@@ -75,6 +89,7 @@ private boolean isWhiteListed(String className) {
      * }
      *
      * A line that starts with {@code #} is a comment and will be ignored.
+     * A line that starts and ends with {@code /} is interpreted as a regular expression.
      */
     private static void loadWhitelist(InputStream input) {
         String content;
@@ -91,6 +106,8 @@ private static void loadWhitelist(InputStream input) {
             if (line.startsWith("#")) {
                 // it's a comment; ignore line
                 continue;
+            } else if (line.startsWith("/") && (line.endsWith("/"))) {
+                addWhiteRegExp(Pattern.compile(line.substring(1, line.length() - 2)));
             }
 
             addWhiteClassName(line);
@@ -101,4 +118,24 @@ private static void addWhiteClassName(String className) {
         whiteClassNames.add(className);
     }
 
+    private static void addWhiteRegExp(Pattern pattern) {
+        whiteRegExp.add(pattern);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the whitelisted class names.
+     * @return the whitelisted class names.
+     */
+    public static List<String> getWhitelistedClassNames() {
+        return whiteClassNames;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the whitelisted regular expressions.
+     * @return the whitelisted regular expressions.
+     */
+    public static List<Pattern> getWhitelistedRegExp() {
+        return whiteRegExp;
+    }
+
 }