MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9000

Mule Enterprise Management Console vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
8.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Mule Enterprise Management Console (MMC) does not properly restrict access to handler/securityService.rpc, which allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges and execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that adds a new user. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for ESB Runtime 3.5.1, but it originates in MMC.
Affected vendor
Mulesoft
Affected product
Mule Enterprise Management Console
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2014-11-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9000

  • Confirm whether Mulesoft Mule Enterprise Management Console is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9000.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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