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CVE-2011-3600
published 2019-11-26

CVE-2011-3600: The /webtools/control/xmlrpc endpoint in OFBiz XML-RPC event handler is exposed to External Entity Injection by passing DOCTYPE declarations with executable…

PriorityP180high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
15.91%
96.5th percentile
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

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apacheofbiz
apacheofbiz16.11.01 – 16.11.04
ofbizofbiz

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/webtools/control/xmlrpc
regexroot:.*:0:0:
otherfaultString
  • Send a POST request to /webtools/control/xmlrpc with Content-Type: application/xml containing a DOCTYPE declaration with an external entity referencing /etc/passwd (or similar). A vulnerable server will return the file contents in the response body alongside a 'faultString' element.
  • Match response body for both 'root:.*:0:0:' (successful /etc/passwd disclosure) AND 'faultString' to confirm exploitation of the XXE endpoint.
  • Shodan/FOFA fingerprinting: identify exposed OFBiz instances via HTML body containing 'ofbiz' or the cookie name 'ofbiz.visitor=' to scope targets for CVE-2011-3600 testing.
  • The vulnerability requires error messages from the XML parser to be reflected in the HTTP response; if the application suppresses parser error output, exploitation for information disclosure is not possible.
  • ·Affected versions are OFBiz 16.11.01 through 16.11.04 only; the vulnerability was fixed in 16.11.05 (SVN revisions 1833724, 1833708, 1836141).

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv7.5HIGH
vulncheck7.5HIGH
vendor_apache7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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