Vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Content Services
CVE-2023-49964
An issue was discovered in Hyland Alfresco Community Edition through 7.2.0. By inserting malicious content in the folder.get.html.ftl file, an attacker may perform SSTI (Server-Side Template Injection) attacks, which can leverage FreeMarker exposed objects to bypass restrictions and achieve RCE (Remote Code Execution). NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12873.
EPSS: 0.347 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Hyland Alfresco_content_services
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Product)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-49964?
- CVE-2023-49964 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hyland Alfresco Content Services, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-49964?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-49964 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.