CVE-2016-6800

Ofbiz vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

3.5%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. In the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields. This code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Ofbiz

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2017-08-30

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6800

Confirm whether Apache Ofbiz is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6800.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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