CVE-2019-0189

Ofbiz vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

23.7%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

The java.io.ObjectInputStream is known to cause Java serialisation issues. This issue here is exposed by the "webtools/control/httpService" URL, and uses Java deserialization to perform code execution. In the HttpEngine, the value of the request parameter "serviceContext" is passed to the "deserialize" method of "XmlSerializer". Apache Ofbiz is affected via two different dependencies: "commons-beanutils" and an out-dated version of "commons-fileupload" Mitigation: Upgrade to 16.11.06 or manually apply the commits from OFBIZ-10770 and OFBIZ-10837 on branch 16

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Ofbiz

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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

2019-09-11

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 23.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-0189

Confirm whether Apache Ofbiz is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-0189.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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