CVE-2022-47501
Published: 14 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-47501 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Apache OFBiz versions prior to 18.12.07 contain an arbitrary file reading vulnerability in the Solr plugin. The flaw is a path traversal issue (CWE-22) that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access files on the underlying filesystem through the Solr integration.
Because the attack requires no credentials or user interaction and can be performed over the network, an unauthenticated adversary can retrieve sensitive configuration files, credentials, or other data stored on the server. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 reflecting high confidentiality impact with low attack complexity.
Public advisories published on the Apache OFBiz mailing list and oss-security lists direct users to upgrade to release 18.12.07, which contains the fix for the Solr plugin component.
The CVE maintains an EPSS score of 0.8632.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-50262
Vulnerability details
Arbitrary file reading vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz when using the Solr plugin. This is a pre-authentication attack. This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 18.12.07.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.