CVE DATABASE / CVE-2010-0738
CVE-2010-0738
Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-05-25.
Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 5.3 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | LOW |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132129312609324&w=2
- http://public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD_Detail_Rpt.aspx?ID=35
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39563
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8408
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023918
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39710
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0992
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58147
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0376.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0377.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0378.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0379.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0738
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-22. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.