CVE-2023-49070
Published: 05 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-49070 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-49070 is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Apache OFBiz versions prior to 18.12.10. It stems from the continued presence of the unmaintained XML-RPC component, which permits unsafe deserialization or code injection. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 and is classified under CWE-94.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can send a crafted XML-RPC request to achieve arbitrary code execution, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without any user interaction or credentials.
Apache advisories and release notes explicitly recommend upgrading to version 18.12.10 as the primary mitigation; the project’s download page and Jira issue OFBIZ-12812 provide the updated packages and change details.
Public exploit code has been posted to Packet Storm, and the CVE maintains a high EPSS score of 0.9396, indicating substantial exploitation interest since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-53092
Vulnerability details
Pre-auth RCE in Apache Ofbiz 18.12.09. It's due to XML-RPC no longer maintained still present. This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 18.12.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 18.12.10
- 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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.