Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-45187

Medium

Published: 19 May 2026

Published
19 May 2026
Modified
19 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.9th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-45187 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Apache Ofbiz. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 47.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache OFBiz Webtools. This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 24.09.06. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.06, which fixes the issue.

CWE(s)
CWE-285

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Improper authorization (CWE-285) in a public-facing web application directly enables exploitation of the exposed service for unauthorized access.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

Affected Assets

apache
ofbiz
≤ 24.09.06

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.

AC-1 Policy and Procedures
addresses: CWE-285

Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.

AC-13 Supervision and Review — Access Control
addresses: CWE-285

Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.

AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication
addresses: CWE-285

The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.

AC-16 Security and Privacy Attributes
addresses: CWE-285

Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.

AC-17 Remote Access
addresses: CWE-285

Explicitly mandates authorizing remote access types before permitting connections, directly mitigating improper authorization.

AC-18 Wireless Access
addresses: CWE-285

The control explicitly requires authorization of each wireless access type prior to permitting connections.

AC-19 Access Control for Mobile Devices
addresses: CWE-285

Mandating explicit authorization of mobile device connections reduces the risk of improper authorization decisions for system access.

AC-2 Account Management
addresses: CWE-285

Specifying access authorizations for each account and requiring approvals for account requests enforces proper authorization decisions.

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