CVE-2015-0249

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The weblog page template in Apache Roller 5.1 through 5.1.1 allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges for a weblog to execute arbitrary Java code via crafted Velocity Text Language (aka VTL).

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Roller: 5.1.0, 5.1.1

References

http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-0249
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/30/13
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/roller-user/201503.mbox/%3CCAF1aazAPWTduVhrPr7WiFaspFdsh21yf0YiSB3UmLjtDVGnfXw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-0249
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/30/13
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/roller-user/201503.mbox/%3CCAF1aazAPWTduVhrPr7WiFaspFdsh21yf0YiSB3UmLjtDVGnfXw%40mail.gmail.com%3E

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