# CVE-2019-10074: An RCE is possible by entering Freemarker markup in an Apache OFBiz Form Widget textarea field when encoding has been disabled on such a fie

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Apache OFBiz: OFBiz 16.11.01 to 16.11.05

## Description

An RCE is possible by entering Freemarker markup in an Apache OFBiz Form Widget textarea field when encoding has been disabled on such a field. This was the case for the Customer Request "story" input in the Order Manager application. Encoding should not be disabled without good reason and never within a field that accepts user input. Mitigation: Upgrade to 16.11.06 or manually apply the following commit on branch 16.11: r1858533

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache OFBiz, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://s.apache.org/r49vw
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a02aaa4c19dfd520807cf6b106b71aad0131a6543f7f60802ae71ec2%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E

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