Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,2.3)
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEVELOCITY-1083992
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published
10 Mar 2021
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disclosed
10 Mar 2021
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credit
Alvaro Munoz
Introduced: 10 Mar 2021
CVE-2020-13936 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core
to version 2.3 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core is a template engine written in Java.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. An attacker that is able to modify Velocity templates may execute arbitrary Java code or run arbitrary system commands with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container. This applies to applications that allow untrusted users to upload/modify velocity templates running Apache Velocity Engine.