CVE-2011-3600 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

75%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

60%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-26 01:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-16 19:15:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation OFBiz

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ofbiz-user/201810.mbox/%[email protected]%3E

Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3600

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3600

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7793319ae80ec350f7b82a8763460944f120ebe447f14a12155d0550@<commits.ofbiz.apache.org>

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3600

Third Party Advisory

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