CVE-2013-4212 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Certain getText methods in the ActionSupport controller in Apache Roller before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expressions via the first or second parameter, as demonstrated by the pageTitle parameter in the !getPageTitle sub-URL to roller-ui/login.rol, which uses a subclass of UIAction, aka "OGNL Injection."

Published: 2013-12-07

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 81.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:roller::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:roller:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:roller:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:roller:5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.81068.

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References

Link	Providers
http://rollerweblogger.org/project/entry/apache_roller_5_0_2
http://secunia.com/advisories/55862
http://secunia.com/advisories/55877
http://security.coverity.com/advisory/2013/Oct/remote-code-execution-in-apache-roller-via-ognl-injection.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29859
http://www.osvdb.org/100342
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89239

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Apache Roller

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-12-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.417Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4212

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-07T20:55:02.320

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:56:49.523

Link: CVE-2013-4212

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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