CVE-2020-9496XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 98.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache OFBiz XML-RPC Java Deserialization (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/apache_ofbiz_deserializationRank excellentdisclosed 13 Jul 2020
Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache OFBiz 17.12.03 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-9496.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- ApacheOfBiz 17.12.01 - Remote Command Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50178webapps, javapublished 4 Aug 2021Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By apache
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 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 | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.9% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
Apache OFBiz
- affected Apache OFBiz 17.12.03
References
References10
- https://s.apache.org/l0994 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [announce] 20200715 [CVE-2020-9496] Apache OFBiz XML-RPC requests vulnerable without authentication (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ofbiz-notifications] 20200716 [jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-11716) Apache OFBiz unsafe deserialization of XMLRPC arguments (CVE-2020-9496) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158887/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [ofbiz-user] 20201116 [CVE-2020-9496] Apache OFBiz unsafe deserialization of XMLRPC arguments (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ofbiz-user] 20201117 Re: [CVE-2020-9496] Apache OFBiz unsafe deserialization of XMLRPC arguments (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161769/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [ofbiz-commits] 20210321 [ofbiz-site] branch master updated: Updates security page for CVE-2021-26295 fixed in 17.12.06 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ofbiz-commits] 20210427 [ofbiz-site] branch master updated: Updates security page for CVE-2021-29200 and 30128 fixed in 17.12.07 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163730/Apache-OfBiz-17.12.01-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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-2020-30302 (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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