CVE-2019-13237 — In Alkacon OpenCms 10

In Alkacon OpenCms 10.5.4 and 10.5.5, there are multiple resources vulnerable to Local File Inclusion that allow an attacker to access server resources: clearhistory.jsp, convertxml.jsp, group_new.jsp, loginmessage.jsp, xmlcontentrepair.jsp, and /system/workplace/admin/history/se

01What is this vulnerability?

In Alkacon OpenCms 10.5.4 and 10.5.5, there are multiple resources vulnerable to Local File Inclusion that allow an attacker to access server resources: clearhistory.jsp, convertxml.jsp, group_new.jsp, loginmessage.jsp, xmlcontentrepair.jsp, and /system/workplace/admin/history/settings/index.jsp.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-27T11:11:06.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:49:23.976Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core/commits/branch_10_5_x
• aetsu.github.io — https://aetsu.github.io/OpenCms
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154281/Alkacon-OpenCMS-10.5.x-Local-File-In…