CVE-2013-4212Certain getText methods in the ActionSupport controller in Apache Roller before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 81.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Certain getText methods in the ActionSupport controller in Apache Roller before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expressions via the first or second parameter, as demonstrated by the pageTitle parameter in the !getPageTitle sub-URL to roller-ui/login.rol, which uses a subclass of UIAction, aka "OGNL Injection."
Public exploit
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Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache Roller OGNL Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/apache_roller_ognl_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 31 Oct 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Roller - OGNL Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29859remote, javapublished 27 Nov 2013Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 29859 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 81.1% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- http://rollerweblogger.org/project/entry/apache_roller_5_0_2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 100342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 29859 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- apache-roller-cve20134212-command-exec(89239) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 55862 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://security.coverity.com/advisory/2013/Oct/remote-code-execution-in-apache-roller-via-ognl-injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 55877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4117 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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