CVE-2020-9496: Apache OFBiz XML-RPC Java Deserialization

2025-08-01 Apache OFBiz PoC Public

Description

XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03

PoC

id: CVE-2020-9496

info:
  name: Apache OFBiz XML-RPC Java Deserialization
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: medium
  description: |-
    XML-RPC request are vulnerable to unsafe deserialization and Cross-Site Scripting issues in Apache OFBiz 17.12.03
  reference:
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158887/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161769/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
    - https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-069-apache_ofbiz
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9496
  tags: cve,cve2020,apache,java,ofbiz
  created: 2023/08/17

set:
  rand: randomInt(200000000, 210000000)
rules:
  r0:
    request:
      method: POST
      path: /webtools/control/xmlrpc
      headers:
        Content-Type: application/xml
      body: <?xml version="1.0"?><methodCall><methodName>{{rand}}</methodName><params><param><value>dwisiswant0</value></param></params></methodCall>
    expression: response.status == 200 && response.content_type.contains("xml") && response.body.bcontains(bytes("methodResponse")) && response.body.bcontains(bytes("No such service [" + string(rand)))
expression: r0()

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