SSRF in Apache Roller

1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

EUVDB-ID: #VU18663

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17198

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when the package relies on Java SAX Parser to implement its XML-RPC interface and by default that parser supports external entities in XML DOCTYPE. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application and trick it to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Roller: 5.2.0 - 5.2.1

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108496
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/94a36ed9c6241558b1c6181d8dd4ff263be7903abd1d20067d4330d5@%3Cdev.roller.apache.org%3E

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.