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CVE-2010-0738: Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2010-0738
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Red Hatproduct: JBossAuthentication bypass
What
The JMX-Console web application in JBoss performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, allowing unauthorized access via other methods.
Who is affected
Users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform are affected.
Urgency
This vulnerability is critical and actively exploited, requiring immediate attention.
Action
Apply the latest patches for JBoss to resolve this issue.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-25
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0738

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2010-0738coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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