CVE-2016-2170

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Apache OFBiz 12.04.x before 12.04.06 and 13.07.x before 13.07.03 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections library.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz: from 12.04 before 12.04.06; from 13.07 before 13.07.03 — fixed in 12.04.06, 13.07.03

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz 12.04.06, 13.07.03. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html#vulnerabilities
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136639/Apache-OFBiz-13.07.02-13.07.01-Information-Disclosure.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538034/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035513
https://blogs.apache.org/ofbiz/entry/announce_apache_ofbiz_12_04
https://blogs.apache.org/ofbiz/entry/announce_apache_ofbiz_13_07
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/The+infamous+Java+serialization+vulnerability
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6726
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r078351a876ed284ba667b33aba29428d7308a5bd4df78f14a3df6661%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0d97a3b7a14777b9e9e085b483629d2774343c4723236d1c73f43ff0%40%3Cdev.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ee005dd767cd83f522719423f5e7dd316f168ddbd1dc51a13d4e244%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab718cfe6468085d7560c0c1ae816841e175886199f42e36efb8d735%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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