What is CVE-2019-10074?

CVE-2019-10074 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-10074?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz

CVE-2019-10074

An RCE is possible by entering Freemarker markup in an Apache OFBiz Form Widget textarea field when encoding has been disabled on such a field. This was the case for the Customer Request "story" input in the Order Manager application. Encoding should not be disabled without good reason and never within a field that accepts user input. Mitigation: Upgrade to 16.11.06 or manually apply the following commit on branch 16.11: r1858533

Published 2019-09-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.034 (88.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Ofbiz — versions OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.05

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

s.apache.org/r49vw (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Mailing List)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/a02aaa4c19dfd520807cf6b106b71aad0131a6543f7f60802a… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10074?: CVE-2019-10074 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-10074?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.