Auth bypass in Red Hat Wildfly

CVE-2018-10683

An issue was discovered in WildFly 10.1.2.Final. In the case of a default installation without a security realm reference, an attacker can successfully access the server without authentication. NOTE: the Security Realms documentation in the product's Admin Guide indicates that "without a security realm reference" implies "effectively unsecured." The vendor explicitly supports these unsecured configurations because they have valid use cases during development

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (77.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-10683: held from 0.018 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10683?
CVE-2018-10683 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Wildfly, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-10683?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.