SB2016041222 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OFBiz



SB2016041222 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OFBiz

Published: April 12, 2016 Updated: December 27, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2016041222
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2170)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Apache OFBiz 12.04.x before 12.04.06 and 13.07.x before 13.07.03 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections library.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3268)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in the DisplayEntityField.getDescription method in ModelFormField.java in Apache OFBiz before 12.04.06 and 13.07.x before 13.07.03 when processing description attribute of a display-entity element. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.