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TI-2018-08993 Aliases CVE-2018-12533GHSA-4j38-wjhf-884r

JBoss RichFaces 3.1.0 through 3.3.4 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject…

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-917Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-917.

Summary

JBoss RichFaces 3.1.0 through 3.3.4 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject expression language (EL) expressions and execute arbitrary Java code via a /DATA/ substring in a path with an org.richfaces.renderkit.html.Paint2DResource$ImageData object, aka RF-14310.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.18681 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.richfaces:richfaces-core (Maven)3.1.0 – 3.3.4—No fix listedGHSA-4j38-wjhf-884r
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.richfaces:richfaces-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.1.0 – 3.3.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-4j38-wjhf-884r

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:richfaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.0 – 3.3.4VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:richfaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.0 – 3.3.4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:2930 Released 2018-10-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3.11 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
  • RHSA-2018:2664 Released 2018-09-10 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server richfaces-3.3.1-7.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el5, richfaces-cdk-3.3.1-7.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el5, richfaces-demo-3.3.1-7.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el5 +4
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server richfaces-3.3.1-4.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el6_10, richfaces-demo-3.3.1-4.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el6_10, richfaces-framework-3.3.1-4.SP3_patch_02.ep5.el6_10 +2
  • RHSA-2018:2663 Released 2018-09-10 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 security update
    • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
JBoss Developer Studio 11AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 ServerFixed RHSA-2018:2664
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 ServerFixed RHSA-2018:2664
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2Fixed RHSA-2018:2663
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3Fixed RHSA-2018:2930
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12533
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4j38-wjhf-884r
  3. 2026-11-05 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 · Red Hat

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

  • TI-2018-10530 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] RichFaces KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-08992 JBoss RichFaces 4.5.3 through 4.5.17 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject an… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-01934 ResourceBuilderImpl.java in the RichFaces 3.x through 5.x implementation in Red Hat JBoss… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-00246 JBoss RichFaces before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject expression language (EL)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2014-00081 The doFilter function in webapp/PushHandlerFilter.java in JBoss RichFaces 4.3.4, 4.3.5… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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