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CVE-2015-0279

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0279 describes an Expression Language (EL) injection vulnerability in JBoss RichFaces versions prior to 4.5.4, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via the 'do' parameter. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but allowing for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:richfaces:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0393 is in the 85th 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3Fixed in: wildfly
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5Fixed in: richfaces
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: richfaces
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: widlfly

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0279Important

RichFaces: Remote Command Execution via insufficient EL parameter sanitization

Mar 24, 2015

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-001959.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN56297719/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/153734/Tufin-Secure-Change-Remote-Code-Execution.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/156663/Richsploit-RichFaces-Exploitation-Toolkit.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0719.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/21
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/21