Deserialization in Apache Ofbiz
CVE-2019-0189
The java.io.ObjectInputStream is known to cause Java serialisation issues. This issue here is exposed by the "webtools/control/httpService" URL, and uses Java deserialization to perform code execution. In the HttpEngine, the value of the request parameter "serviceContext" is passed to the "deserialize" method of "XmlSerializer". Apache Ofbiz is affected via two different dependencies: "commons-beanutils" and an out-dated version of "commons-fileupload" Mitigation: Upgrade to 16.11.06 or manually apply the commits from OFBIZ-10770 and OFBIZ-10837 on branch 16
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.237 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.237 · newest: 0.237 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Ofbiz — versions OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.05
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- s.apache.org/hsn2g (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Mailing List)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/7316b4fa811e1ec27604cda3c30560e7389fc6b8c91996c964… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/986ed5f1a0e209f87ed4a2d348ae5735054f9188912bb2fed7… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f01aab5dd92487c191599def3c950c643d7ad297c4db1d67… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r11fd9562dbdfc0be95e40518cbef70ab2565129f6f542a870… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref1b535d7bd5423bfb456cd05aa41e52875390cdfc6ae7c50… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r883840bbb4e2366acd0f6477e86b584000900a270a86587f9… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb0e716837168dc1073fcd76bea644806e5337c247fdb5d8c2… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4623c0fec904882cbbf8cda558f88c1857397fb5c35761bc… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc0a839fe38d3de775f62e39d45af91870950b59688b64ab61… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-0189?
- CVE-2019-0189 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2019-0189?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-0189 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.