# CVE-2020-9496: XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2020-07-15 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Apache OFBiz: Apache OFBiz 17.12.03

## Description

XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a 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/l0994
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raf6020f765f12711e817ce13df63ecd7d677eebea8001e0473ee7c84%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rde93e1c91620335b72b798f78ab4459d3f7b06f96031d8ce86a18825%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158887/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8fb319dc1f196563955fbf5e9cf454fb9d6c27c2058066445af7f8cb%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra43cfe80226c3b23cd775f3543da10c035ad9c9943cfe8a680490730%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161769/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a0a701610b3bcdf14634047313adab3f1628bb9aa55cf29cd262ef5%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r108a964764b8bd21ebd32ccd4f51c183ee80a251c105b849154a8e9d%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163730/Apache-OfBiz-17.12.01-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50178
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserialization.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-9496.yaml
- https://github.com/Vulnmachines/apache-ofbiz-CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/ambalabanov/CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/cyber-niz/CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/dwisiswant0/CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/g33xter/CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/s4dbrd/CVE-2020-9496
- https://github.com/yuaneuro/ofbiz-poc

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