JBoss Seam privilege escalation caused by EL interpolation in FacesMessages
Published Jul 27, 2011
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.29%
Description
jboss-seam.jar in the JBoss Seam 2 framework 2.2.x and earlier, as distributed in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3.0.CP04 and 5.1.0 and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.3.0.CP09 and 5.1.0, does not properly restrict use of Expression Language (EL) statements in FacesMessages during page exception handling, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via a crafted URL to an application.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.3.0
- 5.1.0
- 4.3.0
- 5.1.0
- ≤ 2.2.2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1
No data.
JBoss Communications Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1148
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0462
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 for RHEL 4
jboss-seam2-0:2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0460
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 for RHEL 5
jboss-seam2-0:2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0460
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4
jboss-seam2-0:2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0461
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5
jboss-seam2-0:2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0461
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0462
Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0091
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1251
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0463
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0463
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| JBoss Communications Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1148 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0462 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 for RHEL 4 | jboss-seam2-0:2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0460 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 for RHEL 5 | jboss-seam2-0:2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0460 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 | jboss-seam2-0:2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0461 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 | jboss-seam2-0:2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0461 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0462 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0091 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1251 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0463 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0463 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02286) | 82.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02286) | 80.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 77.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 86.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 86.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 84.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0460.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0461.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0462.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0463.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1148.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1251.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1484 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692421 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Communications_Platform/5.1/html/5.1.1_Release_Notes/ar01s05.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1484
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1484
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0460.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0461.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0462.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0463.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1148.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1251.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1484 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692421 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Communications_Platform/5.1/html/5.1.1_Release_Notes/ar01s05.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1484 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1484 |
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