GHSA-5ff2-hg7w-w432
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with SFA component access
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DeliveryInvoke vcard import function
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ExploitOverride target service identifier
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ExecutionAccess unauthorized internal service
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ImpactRead or modify protected data
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Resource identifier sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated OFBiz user who has access to the SFA (Sales Force Automation) component and can invoke its vcard import feature; the attacker then supplies an attacker-chosen service identifier so the import calls a different, unauthorized service. The limiting factors are that valid credentials with SFA access are mandatory (PR:L, confirming an authenticated attacker), and the abuse is specific to the vcard import service-override path rather than a default unauthenticated endpoint. All versions before 24.09.08 are affected; upgrading to 24.09.08 is the vendor's stated fix. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but conditional priority rather than a drop-everything emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw with no user interaction, but it explicitly requires privileges (PR:L) - an already-authenticated user with access to the SFA (Sales Force Automation) component. The 8.1 High score is driven by high confidentiality and integrity impact (C:H/I:H) with no availability impact (A:N). The vuln.today Decision label is 'this_week', and the vendor has shipped a patch, which together argue for prompt but scheduled remediation rather than crisis response. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS probability supplied in the input, and the references are advisories (oss-security, Apache lists, NVD) rather than exploit code, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The practical risk is bounded by the authentication requirement: an attacker must first hold a valid OFBiz account with SFA access before they can abuse the vcard import service override. No signals conflict here - the network vector is consistent with OFBiz being a web-facing application, and the PR:L requirement is consistent with the description's 'authenticated user' language. EPSS and KEV data were simply not provided and should not be read as either high or low exploitation likelihood. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a valid Apache OFBiz account with access to the SFA component uses the vcard import function to override which backend service is invoked, redirecting the import to an unintended internal service. This lets them reach and operate services they were not authorized to call, exposing or altering data (C:H/I:H). No public exploit code was identified, and exploitation requires authenticated access, so the scenario presumes a malicious or compromised low-privileged user. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Nov 05, 2026
Authenticated users who hold access to the Sales Force Automation (SFA) component in Apache OFBiz before 24.09.08 can substitute an attacker-chosen service identifier during vcard import, causing the application to invoke a different, unauthorized service. The flaw is scored CVSS 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) and classified as CWE-99 resource injection, giving a low-privileged SFA user high confidentiality and integrity impact outside their intended privileges; exploitation requires valid credentials with SFA access, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The vendor fixed the issue in 24.09.08, the patch is available from the vendor, and the priority is 'this_week' - a genuine but conditional risk rather than a drop-everything emergency.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Apache OFBiz versions prior to 24.09.08 allow dispatch of arbitrary internal services on the SFA (Sales Force Automation/CRM) component through a missing or broken authorization control. The assessed CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L) points to an authenticated network attacker with high confidentiality and integrity impact and low availability impact, but the advisory does not describe the concrete trigger, and the authentication precondition is not confirmed in the available sources. Risk cannot be scored with confidence from the available data, and no public exploit or active exploitation is referenced in the supplied intelligence.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Apache OFBiz to 24.09.08, the exact version the vendor states fixes the issue; a vendor-released patch is available per the advisory. The vendor's guidance is that upgrading to 24.09.08 resolves the flaw, and the independent assessment identifies no separate workaround, only the prerequisite of a valid account with access to the SFA component - so limiting which accounts are granted SFA privileges reduces exposure until the upgrade is applied, at the cost of restricting legitimate sales-automation users' access. Environments exposing OFBiz to untrusted networks should schedule the upgrade under the 'this_week' priority. Advisory references: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q4/516, https://ofbiz.apache.org/, and https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7b2syzksp7klt9fvhdg0olldvs2g83lz.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Apache OFBiz is an open-source, Java-based enterprise resource planning and CRM framework whose components expose business logic as named services dispatched by the framework's service engine. CWE-99 (Improper Control of Resource Identifiers) describes the root cause: the SFA component's vcard import path accepts a service identifier from the request and uses it to select which service is invoked, without adequately constraining that identifier to the intended import service, so a caller can point the import at another service resource. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N records a network-reachable issue that requires low privileges (an authenticated account, confirmed by PR:L) with no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. The supplied sources do not describe the exact validation or parsing code path involved, and the abuse is specific to the vcard import service-override route rather than a default unauthenticated endpoint.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Web-reachable (AV:N) and low-complexity (AC:L), but requires an authenticated SFA user (PR:L); service override yields high confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (CNA).
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Lifecycle Timeline
4Description PRE-NVD
Articles & Coverage 1
Executive ViewAI
Apache OFBiz versions before 24.09.08 contain a high-severity flaw (CVE-2026-71901) that lets any user with SFA access invoke unauthorized services during vcard import, potentially exposing or altering sensitive business data outside their intended privileges. Because exploitation requires valid SFA credentials, the threat is primarily from insider or compromised low-privilege accounts, which could undermine segregation of duties and data integrity in revenue operations. Leadership should prioritize a controlled upgrade this week to close the gap before it is leveraged in a targeted attack.
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Attack Technique
Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.
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