CVE-2018-14667
The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code using a chain of java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Sept 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 19 Oct 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.2% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.richfaces:richfaces-coreGHSA-j7mw-7crr-658v (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14667 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3581 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3518 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1042037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156663/Richsploit-RichFaces-Exploitation-Toolkit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20200313 RichFaces exploitation toolkit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14667 (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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j7mw-7crr-658v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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