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TI-2017-14695 Aliases CVE-2017-1000486GHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54

Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-326Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-326.

Summary

Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-01-10CISA due date 2022-07-10
EPSS 0.94104 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix Fixed org.primefaces:primefaces (Maven): 6.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.primefaces:primefaces (Maven)5.0 to before 6.06.0Patch availableGHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.primefaces:primefaces (Maven) Vendor— Affected 5.0 to before 6.0 Fixed in 6.0 Patch available GHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:primetek:primefaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 – 4.0.24; 5.0 to before 5.2.21; 5.3 to before 5.3.8VulnerablePrimetek
  • cpe:2.3:a:primetek:primefaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 – 4.0.24; 5.0 to before 5.2.21; 5.3 to before 5.3.8 Vulnerable ·Primetek

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54 org.primefaces:primefaces (Maven) Fixed in 6.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2022-01-10 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000486
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j239-4gqg-5j54

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2020-08464 An XSS issue was discovered in tooltip/tooltip.js in PrimeTek PrimeFaces 7.0.11. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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