RCE in Red Hat Richfaces
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 org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource$ImageData object, aka RF-14310.
Vulnerability class: Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.190 (97.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.190 · change: +0.056
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2664 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041617 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2018/05/poor-richfaces.html (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2663 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104502 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2930 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21 (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-12533?
- CVE-2018-12533 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Richfaces, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-12533?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-12533 known to be exploited?
- 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.