What is CVE-2014-0121?

CVE-2014-0121 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2014-0121?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Hawt Hawtio

CVE-2014-0121

The admin terminal in Hawt.io does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the k parameter.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2017-12-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.040 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Hawt Hawtio
Red Hat Jboss Fuse — versions 6.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

infocon.org/cons/SyScan/SyScan 2015 Singapore/SyScan 2015 Singapore presentatio… (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/hawtio/hawtio/commit/5289715e4f2657562fdddcbad830a30969b96e1e (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0121?: CVE-2014-0121 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2014-0121?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.