# CVE-2024-32113: Apache OFBiz - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-32113 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-32113

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.1
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Apache OFBiz
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** java

## Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache OFBiz.This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 18.12.13.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 18.12.13, which fixes the issue.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-32113](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32113) is a severe path traversal vulnerability affecting Apache OFBiz, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive files and potential remote code execution.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 19th of July 2024.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-32113 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Observed attack attempts specifically target URL paths under `/webtools/control/forgotpassword;/programexport` or similar encodings that may bypass directory restrictions.

## Timeline

- 2024-05-08: CVE Published. CVE-2024-32113 is published to NVD.
- 2024-07-19: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-32113 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-08-07: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-32113 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-08-28: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2024-11-26: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-32113 for the first time.

## References

- https://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html
- https://ofbiz.apache.org/security.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-13006
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/w6s60okgkxp2th1sr8vx0ndmgk68fqrd
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-32113.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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