THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-8013
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-8013

Batik vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
19.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
In Apache Batik 1.x before 1.10, when deserializing subclass of `AbstractDocument`, the class takes a string from the inputStream as the class name which then use it to call the no-arg constructor of the class. Fix was to check the class type before calling newInstance in deserialization.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Batik
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2018-05-24

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, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.5% 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-2018-8013

  • Confirm whether Apache Batik is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-8013.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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