Red Hat JBoss Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The Web Console (aka web-console) in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows…

CheckOps priority index

6.9/10 Patch within 7 days

Severity5.9

Probability5.3

Exploitation5/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 52.7% higher than 99.0% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 5.9 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,623 days 25 May 2022

CISA due date 15 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 5 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)25 May 2022
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)25 May 2022
Used by ransomwareyes
EPSS above 10 %52.7%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Affected products

JBoss

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

28 Apr 2010
Published
25 May 2022
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
25 May 2022
Added to the KEV catalog
15 Jun 2022
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 62.1%

References

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