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CVE-2012-1154

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1154 describes a vulnerability in mod_cluster versions 1.0.10 before 1.0.10 CP03 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4, specifically when used with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 and "ROOT" is configured in excludedContexts. This misconfiguration allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and gain unauthorized access to applications deployed on the server's root context. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, resulting in a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:mod_cluster:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:mod_cluster:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:mod_cluster:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:mod_cluster:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jboss.mod_cluster:mod_clusterFixed in: 1.1.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_cluster-0:1.0.10-4.1.GA_CP02_patch01.ep5.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-v2fp-h4qx-x3r6medium

Improper Access Control in JBoss mod_cluster

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-1154Moderate

mod_cluster registers and exposes the root context of a server by default, despite ROOT being in the excluded-contexts list

Aug 31, 2011

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1010.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1011.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1012.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1052.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1053.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1166.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
community.jboss.org / message/624018
secunia.com / advisories/49636
Vendor Advisory
issues.jboss.org / browse/MODCLUSTER-253