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CVE-2018-8033

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit

In Apache OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.04, the OFBiz HTTP engine (org.apache.ofbiz.service.engine.HttpEngine.java) handles requests for HTTP services via the /webtools/control/httpService endpoint. Both POST and GET requests to the httpService endpoint may contain three parameters: serviceName, serviceMode, and serviceContext. The exploitation occurs by having DOCTYPEs pointing to external references that trigger a payload that returns secret information from the host.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Apache — Ofbiz

CWEs

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