CVE-2010-1871
JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for Red Hat Linux, does not properly sanitize inputs…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 83.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 10 Dec 2021
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
JBoss Seam 2 (jboss-seam2), as used in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for Red Hat Linux, does not properly sanitize inputs for JBoss Expression Language (EL) expressions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when the Java Security Manager is not properly configured.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Red Hat Linux JBoss Seam 2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 10 Dec 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 10 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 10 Dec 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- JBoss Seam 2 File Upload and Execute (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/jboss_seam_upload_execRank normaldisclosed 5 Aug 2010
- JBoss Seam 2 Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/http/jboss_seam_execRank normaldisclosed 19 Jul 2010
Exploit-DB1 entry
- JBoss Seam 2 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36653remote, jsppublished 6 Apr 2015Verified
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 mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 41994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20130528 CA20130528-01: Security Notice for CA Process Automation (CA PAM) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1024253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1929 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615956 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- seam-expressions-code-execution(60794) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20161017-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-1871 (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-2010-1890 (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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