Privilege escalation in Red Hat Wildfly-core

CVE-2019-14838

A flaw was found in wildfly-core before 7.2.5.GA. The Management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer Roles should not be allowed to modify the runtime state of the server

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14838?
CVE-2019-14838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Wildfly-core, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-14838?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14838 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.