HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-3600

Ofbiz vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
15.9%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The /webtools/control/xmlrpc endpoint in OFBiz XML-RPC event handler is exposed to External Entity Injection by passing DOCTYPE declarations with executable payloads that discloses the contents of files in the filesystem. In addition, it can also be used to probe for open network ports, and figure out from returned error messages whether a file exists or not. This affects OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.04.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Ofbiz
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference
Published
2019-11-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 15.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-3600

  • Confirm whether Apache Ofbiz is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-3600.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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