CVE-2018-17198 Information
Description
Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) and File Enumeration vulnerability in Apache Roller 5.2.1 5.2.0 and earlier unsupported versions relies on Java SAX Parser to implement its XML-RPC interface and by default that parser supports external entities in XML DOCTYPE which opens Roller up to SSRF / File Enumeration vulnerability. Note that this vulnerability exists even if Roller XML-RPC interface is disable via the Roller web admin UI. Mitigation: There are a couple of ways you can fix this vulnerability: 1) Upgrade to the latest version of Roller which is now 5.2.2 2) Or edit the Roller web.xml file and comment out the XML-RPC Servlet mapping as shown below: !– servlet-mapping servlet-nameXmlRpcServlet/servlet-name url-pattern/roller-services/xmlrpc/url-pattern /servlet-mapping –
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108496 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/94a36ed9c6241558b1c6181d8dd4ff263be7903abd1d20067d4330d5@3Cdev.roller.apache.org3E Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) and File Enumeration vulnerability in Apache Roller 5.2.1 5.2.0 and earlier unsupported versions relies on Java SAX Parser to implement its XML-RPC interface and by default that parser supports external entities in XML DOCTYPE which opens Roller up to SSRF / File Enumeration vulnerability. Note that this vulnerability exists even if Roller XML-RPC interface is disable via the Roller web admin UI. Mitigation: There are a couple of ways you can fix this vulnerability: 1) Upgrade to the latest version of Roller which is now 5.2.2 2) Or edit the Roller web.xml file and comment out the XML-RPC Servlet mapping as shown below: !– servlet-mapping servlet-nameXmlRpcServlet/servlet-name url-pattern/roller-services/xmlrpc/url-pattern /servlet-mapping
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction Required
NONE
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
9.8
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