01 Record

CVE-2018-12533

JBoss RichFaces 3.1.0 through 3.3.4 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject expression language (EL) expressions and execute arbitrary Java code via a /DATA/ substring in a path with an

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

JBoss RichFaces 3.1.0 through 3.3.4 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject expression language (EL) expressions and execute arbitrary Java code via a /DATA/ substring in a path with an

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 18.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-06-18 12:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 08:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-06-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-917Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')Base
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

49ad42e8e5a22391dc5054bf0b633152b439e99679c0a88290a7c1182d61ead3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatjboss_data_virtualizationNot specified—

redhatjboss_dev_studioNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platformNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_brms_platformNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_soa_platformNot specified—

redhatjboss_operations_networkNot specified—

redhatrichfacesNot specified—

06 References

access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2664https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2664vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securitytracker.com1041617http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041617vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
codewhitesec.blogspot.comhttps://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/05/poor-richfaces.htmlx_refsource_MISC
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2663https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2663vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com104502http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104502vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2930https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2930vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
seclists.org20200313 RichFaces exploitation toolkithttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC