The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality.

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-30 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

3.5%

percentile 89%

Public exploits

none known

The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. In the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields. This code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.52% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

s.apache.org /Owsz · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
lists.apache.org /thread.html/28987cffe0237fa67eca9de8bbbc04a917ac8785342ad9e5a196c978%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-6800
NVD: CVE-2016-6800

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