#VU18663 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Apache Roller - CVE-2018-17198
Published: June 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18663
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17198
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Roller
Apache Roller
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.