What is CVE-2010-0738?

CVE-2010-0738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under CWE-749. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2010-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2010-0738?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2010-0738 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2010-0738 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 32 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

CVE-2010-0738

The JMX-Console web application 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 remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.

Published 2010-04-28 · last modified 2026-10-02.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.747 (99.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.794 · newest: 0.747 · change: -0.047

Affected products

Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 4.2.0, 4.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-749

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-05-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-15.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0379.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0378.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0376.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
securityreason.com/securityalert/8408 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0377.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD_Detail_Rpt.aspx (Third Party Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0992 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58147 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0738?: CVE-2010-0738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under CWE-749. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2010-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2010-0738?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2010-0738 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2010-0738 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 32 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.