CVE-2013-4212
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.1%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 81.07% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 November 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- apache/roller
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 81.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://rollerweblogger.org/project/entry/apache_roller_5_0_2Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55862Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55877Vendor Advisory
- http://security.coverity.com/advisory/2013/Oct/remote-code-execution-in-apache-roller-via-ognl-injection.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29859Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/100342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89239
- http://rollerweblogger.org/project/entry/apache_roller_5_0_2Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55862Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55877Vendor Advisory
- http://security.coverity.com/advisory/2013/Oct/remote-code-execution-in-apache-roller-via-ognl-injection.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29859Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/100342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89239
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.