title: Unauth Path Traversal with file corruption affecting the Birt plugin of Apache OFBiz
description: Apache OFBiz uses the Birt project plugin (https://eclipse.github.io/birt-website/) to create data visualizations and reports. By leveraging a bug in Birt (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538142) it is possible to perform a remote code execution (RCE) attack in Apache OFBiz, release 18.12.05 and earlier.
problem types: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
affected:
{
product: Apache OFBiz
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 18.12.05, status: affected, version: Apache OFBiz, versionType: custom
}