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CVE-2020-9496

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9496 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apache OFBiz 17.12.03, stemming from unsafe deserialization in XML-RPC requests and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure and data manipulation if a user interacts with a malicious link. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and Nuclei, and an ExploitDB entry details Remote Command Execution (RCE), indicating active exploit development and community interest, despite media coverage incorrectly associating it with Zoho ManageEngine.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
17.12.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ofbiz:17.12.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
98.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Apache OFBiz XML-RPC Java Deserialization · Jul 13, 2020
Nuclei: CVE-2020-9496 · Aug 16, 2020
ExploitDB: EDB-50178 · Aug 4, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9893 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158887/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/161769/Apache-OFBiz-XML-RPC-Java-Deserialization.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/163730/Apache-OfBiz-17.12.01-Remote-Command-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r0a0a701610b3bcdf14634047313adab3f1628bb9aa55cf29cd262ef5%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r108a964764b8bd21ebd32ccd4f51c183ee80a251c105b849154a8e9d%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r8fb319dc1f196563955fbf5e9cf454fb9d6c27c2058066445af7f8cb%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ra43cfe80226c3b23cd775f3543da10c035ad9c9943cfe8a680490730%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/raf6020f765f12711e817ce13df63ecd7d677eebea8001e0473ee7c84%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rde93e1c91620335b72b798f78ab4459d3f7b06f96031d8ce86a18825%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
s.apache.org / l0994
Mailing ListVendor Advisory