An issue was discovered in RWS WorldServer before 11.7.3. An authenticated, remote attacker can perform a ws-legacy/load_dtd?system_id= blind SSRF attack to deploy JSP code to the Apache Axis service running on the localhost interface, leading to command execution.
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.