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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade velocity-javadocUpgrade velocityUpgrade velocity-demoUpgrade velocity-manual | Jul 19, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Atlassian Bitbucket | — | Upgrade Atlassian Bitbucket to the latest version | Nov 14, 2024 | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade velocity | Mar 19, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-java/velocity. | Jul 26, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade velocity | Sep 16, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade velocity | Apr 30, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade velocity | Jul 19, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade velocity | Jun 28, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Oracle Weblogic | — | Apply the Patch Set Update (PSU) 37732915 for version 14.1.1.0.0.Apply the Patch Set Update (PSU) 37714186 for version 12.2.1.4.0. | Oct 15, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Red_hat Jboss_eap | — | — | Apr 10, 2023 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade velocity-javadocUpgrade velocity-manualUpgrade velocityUpgrade velocity-demo | Mar 20, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade velocity (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade velocity | Aug 11, 2023 | Mar 10, 2021 |
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