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CVE-2018-17198

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.1% (pctl 91)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) and File Enumeration vulnerability in Apache Roller 5.2.1, 5.2.0 and earlier unsupported versions relies on Java SAX Parser to implement its XML-RPC interface and by default that parser supports external entities in XML DOCTYPE, which opens Roller up to SSRF / File Enumeration vulnerability. Note that this vulnerability exists even if Roller XML-RPC interface is disable via the Roller web admin UI. Mitigation: There are a couple of ways you can fix this vulnerability: 1) Upgrade to the latest version of Roller, which is now 5.2.2 2) Or, edit the Roller web.xml file and comment out the XML-RPC Servlet mapping as shown below: <!-- <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>XmlRpcServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/roller-services/xmlrpc</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> -->

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS4.12% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-918
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2019-05-28
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
apacheroller

References

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