CVE-2016-4462 (GCVE-0-2016-4462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-30 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:30
VLAI
Summary
By manipulating the URL parameter externalLoginKey, a malicious, logged in user could pass valid Freemarker directives to the Template Engine that are reflected on the webpage; a specially crafted Freemarker template could be used for remote code execution. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://git.net/ml/dev.ofbiz.apache.org/2016-11/ms… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz Affected: 13.07.*
Affected: 12.04.*
Affected: 11.04.*
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Date Public
2016-11-29 00:00
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