CVE-2020-13936

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in maven/org.apache.velocity/velocity-engine-parent

Identifiers

GHSA-59j4-wjwp-mw9m, CVE-2020-13936

Package Slug

maven/org.apache.velocity/velocity-engine-parent

Vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Description

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 versions up to 2.2.

Affected Versions

All versions before 2.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3 or above.

Last Modified

2022-01-11

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