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medium 6.8

CVE-2013-4212 json

Certain getText methods in the ActionSupport controller in Apache Roller before 5.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OGNL expr…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4117

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
81.1%
EPSS 81.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/apache_roller_ognl_injection)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

81.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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