CVE-2018-8033

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 25.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In Apache OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.04, the OFBiz HTTP engine (org.apache.ofbiz.service.engine.HttpEngine.java) handles requests for HTTP services via the /webtools/control/httpService endpoint. Both POST and GET requests to the httpService endpoint may contain three parameters: serviceName, serviceMode, and serviceContext. The exploitation occurs by having DOCTYPEs pointing to external references that trigger a payload that returns secret information from the host.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz: from 16.11.01 through 16.11.04

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e8fb551e86e901932081f81ee9985bb72052b4d412f23d89b1282777%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e8fb551e86e901932081f81ee9985bb72052b4d412f23d89b1282777%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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