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CVE-2011-1484 json

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.…

published 2011-07-27 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1487

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jboss-seam2 jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8
  • jboss-seam2 jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5
  • jboss-seam2-runtime jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8
  • jboss-seam2-runtime jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5
  • jboss-seam2-examples jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8
  • jboss-seam2-examples jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5
  • jboss-seam2 jboss enterprise application platform 4.3.0 2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el4
  • jboss-seam2 jboss enterprise application platform 4.3.0 2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0461RHSA-2011:0460

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1484 updated cvss 6.8

JBoss Seam privilege escalation caused by EL interpolation in FacesMessages

  • Red Hat JBoss Communications Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1148
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0462
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS jboss-seam2 2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 ES jboss-seam2 2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server jboss-seam2 2.0.2.FP-1.ep1.27.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0460
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS jboss-seam2 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8, jboss-seam2-runtime 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8, jboss-seam2-examples 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES jboss-seam2 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8, jboss-seam2-runtime 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8, jboss-seam2-examples 2.2.2.EAP-17.el4_8 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jboss-seam2 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5, jboss-seam2-runtime 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5, jboss-seam2-examples 2.2.2.EAP-17.ep5.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0461
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0462
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0091
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1251
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0463

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.