HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4608

Jboss Enterprise Application Platform vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
mod_cluster in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 for Red Hat Linux allows worker nodes to register with arbitrary virtual hosts, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and provide malicious content, hijack sessions, and steal credentials by registering from an external vhost that does not enforce security constraints.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-01-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4608

  • Confirm whether Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4608.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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