CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-83542 Apache OFBiz: Unauthenticated RCE via login-page widget injection
Critical (9.8) in apache ofbiz. EPSS 1.4% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server by staging crafted widget XML in a multipart upload and overriding the mainDecoratorLocation used by a manager login route through an anonymous JSON request, causing OFBiz to load the staged XML through its live screen descriptor mechanism and evaluate an unsandboxed Groovy expression while rendering the authentication-failure page. Further validation established the following:
-- The exploit does not require a malformed or incomplete multipart body: a well-formed multipart request that is kept in flight and then allowed to complete normally is sufficient.
-- The screen loader reads the widget XML from a live process file descriptor while the upload is streaming, rather than from any file the attacker persists to disk.
-- The same underlying issue is also reachable through the public, explicitly unauthenticated /sfa/control/editPortalPageColumnWidth route, returning command output directly in an HTTP 200 response — it is not limited to the login-failure rendering path used in the original report.
The described vulnerability was discovered independantly twice, with each having a CVE assigned. See References.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.4% (up from 1.1% a week ago) estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 72nd percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-06. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection)
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2025 Injection
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- apache (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed, since modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache OFBiz | before 24.09.08 |
Fix and patched versions
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-35 Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-77 Manipulating User-Controlled Variables Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-242 Code Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
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