CVE-2016-4462: Apache OFBiz

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

By manipulating the URL parameter externalLoginKey, a malicious, logged in user could pass valid Freemarker directives to the Template Engine that are reflected on the webpage; a specially crafted Freemarker template could be used for remote code execution. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01

Affected products

• Apache OFBiz: version 11.04 only; version 11.04.01 only; version 11.04.02 only; version 11.04.03 only; version 11.04.04 only; version 11.04.05 only; …

Published 2017-08-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.