Apache Roller up to 5.2.1/5.2.0 XML-RPC Interface XML File server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Roller up to 5.2.1/5.2.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component XML-RPC Interface. This manipulation as part of XML File causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-17198. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apache Roller up to 5.2.1/5.2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XML-RPC Interface. The manipulation as part of a XML File leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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> -->

The bug was discovered 01/10/2019. The weakness was released 05/28/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17198 since 09/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 138 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Apache

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• Roller

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• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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