CVE-2010-0738
The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 73.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 May 2022
- 12Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The JMX-Console web application in JBossAs in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (aka JBoss EAP or JBEAP) 4.2 before 4.2.0.CP09 and 4.3 before 4.3.0.CP08 performs access control only for the GET and POST methods, which allows remote attackers to send requests to this application's GET handler by using a different method.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Red Hat JBoss Authentication Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 May 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV and ENISA's EU KEV, since 25 May 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 7 Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits12
Metasploit modules7 modules
- JBoss JMX Console Beanshell Deployer WAR Upload and Deployment (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/jboss_bshdeployerRank excellentdisclosed 26 Apr 2010
- JBoss Java Class DeploymentFileRepository WAR Deployment (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/jboss_deploymentfilerepositoryRank excellentdisclosed 26 Apr 2010
- JBoss JMX Console Deployer Upload and Execute (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/jboss_maindeployerRank excellentdisclosed 20 Feb 2007
- JBoss JMX Console Beanshell Deployer WAR Upload and Deployment (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/http/jboss_bshdeployerRank normal
- JBoss JMX Console DeploymentFileRepository WAR Upload and Deployment (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/http/jboss_deploymentfilerepositoryRank normal
- JBoss Vulnerability Scanner (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/jboss_vulnscanRank normal
- SAP URL Scanner (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/sap/sap_icm_urlscanRank normal
Nuclei templates1 template
- JBoss JMX/Web Console - Authentication Bypass via HTTP Verb Tampering (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-0738.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB4 entries
- JBoss & JMX Console - Misconfigured Deployment Scanner (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17924webapps, jsppublished 3 Oct 2011Not verified
- JBoss Application Server 4.2 < 4.2.0.CP09 / 4.3 < 4.3.0.CP08 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16274webapps, jsppublished 4 Mar 2011Verified
- JBoss JMX - Console Beanshell Deployer WAR Upload and Deployment (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16319remote, multiplepublished 10 Jan 2011Verified
- JBoss - Java Class DeploymentFileRepository WAR Deployment (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16316remote, multiplepublished 3 Aug 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 73.8% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- RHSA-2010:0379 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0378 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574105 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0376 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 8408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://public.support.unisys.com/common/public/vulnerability/NVD_Detail_Rpt.aspx?ID=35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- HPSBMU02714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- jboss-jmxconsole-security-bypass(58147) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 39710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 39563 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0738 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0764 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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