CVE-2018-14667

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14667
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-06 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-28 17:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code using a chain of java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.889250000 probability, percentile 0.995180000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-09-28; due 2023-10-19; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-94

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorRed Hat
ProductJBoss RichFaces Framework
NameRed Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14667; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14667

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Richfaces All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Richsploit RichFaces Exploitation Toolkit ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: RichFaces exploitation toolkit FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1639139 – (CVE-2018-14667) CVE-2018-14667 RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat JBoss EAP RichFaces Access Control Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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